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Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay

1887 - 1965

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General Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ('Pug' Ismay) (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965) was a British politician, diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first secretary general of NATO. He also was Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War. Ismay was born in Nainital, India, in 1887, and educated in the United Kingdom at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After Sandhurst, he joined the Indian Army as an officer of the 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay has received more than 696,879 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay is the 6,975th most popular politician (down from 4,402nd in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from India (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 74th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 6,975 out of 19,576. Before him are Penda of Mercia, Carlos Castillo Armas, Jean Chrétien, Zoltán of Hungary, Richilde of Provence, and Rhadamistus. After him are Tomás Estrada Palma, Ivan Vyhovsky, Chōsokabe Motochika, Michel Rocard, Sergei Ivanov, and John VII of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 83. Before him are Leonard Bloomfield, Hugo Steinhaus, Simko Shikak, Paul Wittgenstein, Korechika Anami, and Prince Yasuhiko Asaka. After him are Wilhelm Kube, Mario Roatta, Octave Lapize, Louis Jouvet, Lil Dagover, and Josef Lada. Among people deceased in 1965, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 56. Before him are Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Taimur bin Feisal, Porfirio Rubirosa, Carl Værnet, Otozō Yamada, and William M. Branham. After him are Oskar R. Lange, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Humberto Delgado, Sālote Tupou III, Ladislas Starevich, and Shirley Jackson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 226 out of 1,861. Before him are Jamsetji Tata (1839), Rani Durgavati (1524), Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Rajaraja I (947), Amrapali (-450), and Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556). After him are Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Dignāga (480), and Dashrath Manjhi (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 74. Before him are Rajendra Chola I (1000), Rani Durgavati (1524), Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Rajaraja I (947), Amrapali (-450), and Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556). After him are Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Shah Alam II (1728), Jahandar Shah (1661), Jahanara Begum (1614), Shantanu (null), and Mir Jafar (1691).

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