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Aneurin Bevan

1897 - 1960

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Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC (; Welsh: [aˈnəɨ.rɪn]; 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for spearheading the creation of the British National Health Service during his tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state. He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential criticisms of Winston Churchill and his government during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aneurin Bevan has received more than 2,087,622 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Aneurin Bevan is the 15,987th most popular politician (down from 14,849th in 2019), the 4,529th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,341st in 2019) and the 543rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aneurin Bevan ranks 15,987 out of 19,576. Before him are Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Kim Sol-song, Roberto Maroni, Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada, Juan Antonio Pezet, and Jean-Marie Doré. After him are Haim Ramon, Michael Foot, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Pearlette Louisy, Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, and Attilio Fontana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Aneurin Bevan ranks 281. Before him are Nunnally Johnson, James Parrott, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Kálmán Tihanyi, Viola Dana, and Per-Erik Hedlund. After him are Ángel Médici, Edward Moore, Sigurd Moen, Ivan Borkovský, Joseph Calleia, and J. L. B. Smith. Among people deceased in 1960, Aneurin Bevan ranks 205. Before him are Ettore Chimeri, Liesl Karlstadt, John Rupert Firth, Julie Vinter Hansen, Dudley Nichols, and Erik Lindahl. After him are Otto Nilsson, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Thalia Flora-Karavia, August Gailit, Alfred E. Green, and Gustaf Lindblom.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aneurin Bevan ranks 4,529 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Robertson (1956), Denis Lawson (1947), Dugald Stewart (1753), John Eliot (1604), Tom Odell (1990), and Oswald Szemerényi (1913). After him are Al Pease (1921), Michael Foot (1913), Henry Sweet (1845), Tony Rolt (1918), Scott Speedman (1975), and John Urry (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Aneurin Bevan ranks 543. Before him are Robert Moray (1609), George Galloway (1954), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Michael Portillo (1953), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), and John Francis Davis (1795). After him are Michael Foot (1913), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Najla El Mangoush (1973), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), and Lindsay Hoyle (1957).

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