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Harry Pollitt

1890 - 1960

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Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from July 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960. Pollitt spent most of his life advocating communism. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, Pollitt was an adherent particularly of Joseph Stalin even after Stalin's death and disavowal by Nikita Khrushchev. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Pollitt has received more than 255,989 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Pollitt is the 16,996th most popular politician (down from 15,735th in 2019), the 5,348th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,073rd in 2019) and the 603rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harry Pollitt ranks 16,996 out of 19,576. Before him are Georgy Poltavchenko, Ignazio Marino, Kazimierz Laskowski, Linas Antanas Linkevičius, Cristóbal Montoro, and Riyad Farid Hijab. After him are Ron Brown, Tūheitia Paki, Tamás Faragó, John Brown Gordon, Avdullah Hoti, and Carlos P. Romulo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Harry Pollitt ranks 251. Before him are Jennie Fletcher, Arthur O'Hara Wood, Frank Forde, Virginie Hériot, May Allison, and Elmer Clifton. After him are Charles Erwin Wilson, Colin Carruthers, Marjorie Main, Marc Connelly, Paul Boffa, and Edmund Lowe. Among people deceased in 1960, Harry Pollitt ranks 228. Before him are Julius Frey, Hope Emerson, Benjamin Bradshaw, Jimmy Bryan, Horace Bailey, and J. H. C. Whitehead. After him are Charlie Buchan, Edward Hennig, Rudolf Degermark, Johnny Thomson, George Bonhag, and John P. Marquand.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Pollitt ranks 5,348 out of 8,785. Before him are Jordan Pickford (1994), Steve Lillywhite (1955), Ron Flowers (1934), Amanda Holden (1971), James Maynard (1987), and Adrian Alston (1949). After him are Caroline Norton (1808), Ian Wallace (1946), Charlotte Smith (1749), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967), Clare Higgins (1955), and Shaun Evans (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Harry Pollitt ranks 603. Before him are James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Donald Dewar (1937), Jo Cox (1974), Harriet Harman (1950), and John Bercow (1963). After him are Mark Drakeford (1954), John Graves Simcoe (1752), Henry Hyndman (1842), Nick Griffin (1959), Edwin Montagu (1879), and Rhodri Morgan (1939).

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