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Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay

1887 - 1965

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Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron 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 650,434 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay is the 4,413th most popular politician (up from 9,468th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from India (up from 305th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 4,413 out of 15,577. Before him are Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Adalbert of Italy, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Nicolae Timofti, and Philip II. After him are Ewelina Hańska, King Wu of Qin, Lambert of Italy, Hōjō Tokimune, Princess Muna al-Hussein, and Henry II, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 61. Before him are Josef Harpe, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, George Pólya, James Paul Moody, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, and Prince Yasuhiko Asaka. After him are Paul Wittgenstein, Conrad Hilton, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Arnold Zweig, Blaise Cendrars, and Savielly Tartakower. Among people deceased in 1965, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 36. Before him are Joseph Erlanger, Sālote Tupou III, Louis Hjelmslev, Bernard Baruch, David O. Selznick, and Lauri Törni. After him are Fan Noli, Aksel Sandemose, Angelica Balabanoff, Hans Knappertsbusch, Carl Værnet, and Mehdi Ben Barka.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 144 out of 1,493. Before him are Madhvacharya (1199), Pratibha Patil (1934), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Zakir Husain (1897), and Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924). After him are Shantideva (685), Kittur Chennamma (1778), V. V. Giri (1894), Green Boots (null), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay ranks 43. Before him are Mamnoon Hussain (1940), Pranab Mukherjee (1935), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Pratibha Patil (1934), Zakir Husain (1897), and Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924). After him are V. V. Giri (1894), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Sambhaji (1657), and Bahadur Shah I (1643).

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