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Hugh Gaitskell

1906 - 1963

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Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who served as 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 1,062,864 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Gaitskell is the 15,043rd most popular politician (down from 13,173rd in 2019), the 4,456th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,839th in 2019) and the 541st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 15,043 out of 15,577Before him are Denzil Douglas, Bob Avakian, Yohannes I, Man Mohan Adhikari, Milton Margai, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. After him are Antonina Ryzhova, Inger Støjberg, Harold Nicolson, Reiner Haseloff, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, and Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 335Before him are Willy Ley, Clifford Odets, Knut Kroon, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Vincent Sherman, and René Fernández. After him are Richard Rado, Ludwig Lachmann, Cuth Harrison, Robert Surtees, Steve Anderson, and Leo Halle. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 181Before him are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Donald Piper, ZaSu Pitts, Clifford Odets, Alma Richards, and Sigvard Sivertsen. After him are Robert Hamer, Tashi Namgyal, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Herbert H. Lehman, Theodore Roethke, and Monte Blue.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 4,456 out of 7,765Before him are Mary Adela Blagg (1858), David Storey (1933), C. H. Dodd (1884), Molly Peters (1942), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), and Gerry Hitchens (1934). After him are John Wilbye (1574), Rebecca Mader (1977), Cuth Harrison (1906), Guy Fletcher (1960), Alister Hardy (1896), and Peter Warlock (1894).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 541Before him are Michael Howard (1941), Cherie Blair (1954), Margaret Beckett (1943), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Owain Gwynedd (1100), and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705). After him are James Oglethorpe (1696), David Owen (1938), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Algernon Sidney (1623), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), and Douglas Hurd (1930).