POLITICIAN

Ernest Bevin

1881 - 1951

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Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader and Labour Party politician. He cofounded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1940 and served as Minister of Labour and National Service in the wartime coalition government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Bevin has received more than 832,201 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ernest Bevin is the 9,044th most popular politician (up from 10,772nd in 2019), the 1,803rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,349th in 2019) and the 275th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest Bevin ranks 9,044 out of 19,576Before him are José Calvo Sotelo, Presian I of Bulgaria, Reginald I of Guelders, Albert Pintat, R. Budd Dwyer, and Abe no Nakamaro. After him are Bob Dole, Diodotus II, Christopher Lekapenos, Kashta, Franz Kutschera, and Andregoto Galíndez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Ernest Bevin ranks 93Before him are Väinö Tanner, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Adolf Meyer, King Oliver, Louis Trousselier, and Rauf Orbay. After him are Richard C. Tolman, Valery Larbaud, Adolf Hühnlein, Wilhelm Worringer, Nuri Killigil, and Grigory Kotovsky. Among people deceased in 1951, Ernest Bevin ranks 71Before him are Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Wols, Robert Walker, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Erich Neumann. After him are Simon Kimbangu, Géza Maróczy, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Abanindranath Tagore, and Warner Baxter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Bevin ranks 1,803 out of 8,785Before him are Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Oliver Lodge (1851), Albert F. Mummery (1855), George Meredith (1828), Renée Vivien (1877), and E. Nesbit (1858). After him are Sam Worthington (1976), John Bevis (1695), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Michael Sheen (1969), Tom Felton (1987), and Robert Morrison (1782).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ernest Bevin ranks 275Before him are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Donald Maclean (1913), and Asma al-Assad (1975). After him are Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Sid Watkins (1928), Margaret Douglas (1515), Emma Darwin (1808), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831).