POLITICIAN

Francis Pym

1922 - 2008

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Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, (13 February 1922 – 7 March 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including Foreign, Defence and Northern Ireland Secretary, and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire (South East Cambridgeshire after 1983) from 1961 to 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Pym has received more than 227,382 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Pym is the 17,647th most popular politician (down from 16,535th in 2019), the 5,928th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,748th in 2019) and the 646th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis Pym ranks 17,647 out of 19,576Before him are Roger Wicker, Otis Bowen, William Ellery, Anu Tali, Paul Kaba Thieba, and Jean-François Lamour. After him are Tōru Hashimoto, Raffaele Lombardo, Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Kari Traa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Francis Pym ranks 445Before him are Jean Porter, Ken Hughes, Herbert Goldstein, Esther M. Conwell, Graham Whitehead, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. After him are Fortune Gordien, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jesús Iglesias, G. N. Ramachandran, Eugenie Clark, and Lamont Johnson. Among people deceased in 2008, Francis Pym ranks 381Before him are Hazel Court, Julie Ege, George MacDonald Fraser, Tsvetanka Khristova, B. R. Chopra, and El Kazovsky. After him are John Rutsey, Don LaFontaine, Earl Palmer, Levi Stubbs, John S. Bull, and Suzanne Tamim.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Pym ranks 5,928 out of 8,785Before him are Colley Cibber (1671), Rupert Sanders (1971), Eric Caldow (1934), Keith Greene (1938), Sophie Hannah (1971), and Max Sciandri (1967). After him are Joseph Mawle (1974), Jayne Torvill (1957), Chris Stringer (1947), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Lee Evans (1964), and A. H. Albut (null).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Francis Pym ranks 646Before him are Walter Rutherford (1857), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), Priti Patel (1972), David Davis (1948), Dennis Skinner (1932), and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854). After him are Philip May (1957), Peter Robinson (1948), William Hague (1961), Nick Leeson (1967), Button Gwinnett (1735), and Betty Boothroyd (1929).