POLITICIAN

Hugh Gaitskell

1906 - 1963

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Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, he was elected to Parliament in 1945 and held office in Clement Attlee's governments, notably as Minister of Fuel and Power following the bitter winter of 1946–47, and eventually joining the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Gaitskell has received more than 1,155,620 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hugh Gaitskell is the 16,204th most popular politician (down from 14,990th in 2019), the 4,697th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,447th in 2019) and the 558th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 16,204 out of 19,576. Before him are Christian Lindner, Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Charles Bradlaugh, Maneka Gandhi, Gary Hart, and Tom Clarke. After him are K. Chandrashekar Rao, Rajko Đurić, Peder Kolstad, Othmar Karas, Douglas Hurd, and Manfred Stolpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 373. Before him are Dragoslav Mihajlović, Sara Sadíqova, Helene Costello, Robert Surtees, Bunny Austin, and Dušan Marković. After him are Franco Comotti, Bengt Edlén, Vilmos Zombori, Pál Teleki, Toni Ulmen, and George Lott. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 199. Before him are Eric Carlberg, Ivan Brown, Lloyd Fredendall, Louis Ségura, Rogers Hornsby, and Georgy Ushakov. After him are Franco Comotti, Otto Fickeisen, Herbert H. Lehman, Alma Richards, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, and Hubert Gough.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 4,697 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Campion (1567), A. Edward Sutherland (1895), Gina McKee (1964), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), Tom Clarke (1858), and Charles Walter De Vis (1829). After him are Alex Kapranos (1972), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Matt Bellamy (1978), Douglas Hurd (1930), Topper Headon (1955), and Henry Lincoln (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 558. Before him are Neil Kinnock (1942), Robert Morris (1734), Michael Howard (1941), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), and Tom Clarke (1858). After him are Douglas Hurd (1930), Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), Joseph Cook (1860), John Hunter (1737), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), and Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779).

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