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Guy Burgess

1911 - 1963

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Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era. His defection in 1951 to the Soviet Union, with his fellow spy Donald Maclean, led to a serious breach in Anglo-United States intelligence co-operation, and caused long-lasting disruption and demoralisation in Britain's foreign and diplomatic services. Born into an upper middle class family, Burgess was educated at Eton College, the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Burgess has received more than 1,961,992 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Guy Burgess is the 187th most popular extremist (down from 158th in 2019), the 2,510th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,137th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Extremist.

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  • 22

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Guy Burgess ranks 187 out of 283. Before him are Mary Ann Cotton, Robledo Puch, Bugs Moran, Andrew Cunanan, Carl Panzram, and Peter Sutcliffe. After him are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Wesley Hardin, Amelia Dyer, Ramadan Shalah, Luis Posada Carriles, and Yoo Young-chul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Guy Burgess ranks 165. Before him are Brunhilde Pomsel, Roy Rogers, Terry-Thomas, Gian Carlo Menotti, Wolfgang Larrazábal, and René Barjavel. After him are Yang Jiang, Tarō Okamoto, Xiao Hong, Broderick Crawford, Otakar Vávra, and Heinz von Foerster. Among people deceased in 1963, Guy Burgess ranks 103. Before him are Alan Gardiner, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Barnum Brown, Lee Wallard, Richard Oswald, and André Maschinot. After him are Pierre Blanchar, Erik Lundqvist, Vissarion Shebalin, Robert Kerr, Thoralf Skolem, and Vsevolod Ivanov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Guy Burgess ranks 2,510 out of 8,785. Before him are Ralph Abercromby (1734), Joanne Whalley (1961), W. Ross Ashby (1903), Æthelheard of Wessex (750), Carl Cox (1962), and Peter Atkins (1940). After him are Andrew Lang (1844), Tony Abbott (1957), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), William Cowper (1731), Matt Smith (1982), and Natalie Dormer (1982).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Guy Burgess ranks 11. Before him are Fred West (1941), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), John Haigh (1909), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), and Peter Sutcliffe (1946). After him are Amelia Dyer (1837), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), John Christie (1899), and Howard Marks (1945).

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