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James Callaghan

1912 - 2005

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Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( KAL-ə-han; 27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is the only person to have held all four Great Offices of State, having served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967, Home Secretary from 1967 to 1970 and Foreign Secretary from 1974 to 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Callaghan has received more than 4,913,998 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). James Callaghan is the 1,978th most popular politician (down from 1,929th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 477th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Politician.

James Callaghan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979. He is most famous for being in charge of the country when it faced a major economic crisis.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Callaghan ranks 1,978 out of 15,577. Before him are Gennady Yanayev, Afonso IV of Portugal, Pang Tong, Mary of Guise, Al-Kamil, and Gennady Zyuganov. After him are Tiglath-Pileser III, Constans, Biljana Plavšić, Boris I of Bulgaria, Emeric, King of Hungary, and George of Poděbrady.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, James Callaghan ranks 26. Before him are Chuck Jones, Adolf Galland, Millvina Dean, Hanna Reitsch, Gene Kelly, and Kim Philby. After him are Konrad Emil Bloch, Robert Doisneau, Maria Mandl, Alois Brunner, Pierre Boulle, and Sergiu Celibidache. Among people deceased in 2005, James Callaghan ranks 24. Before him are Rafic Hariri, Kenzō Tange, Zdzisław Beksiński, Hans Bethe, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Jack Kilby. After him are Sister Lúcia, Philip Johnson, Ernst Mayr, Ezer Weizman, Milton Obote, and George F. Kennan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Callaghan ranks 457 out of 7,765. Before him are Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Robert Plant (1948), William Shockley (1910), Mike Oldfield (1953), and Tony Scott (1944). After him are William Kidd (1645), Mary Anning (1799), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), John Knox (1514), Philip Larkin (1922), and Joshua Reynolds (1723).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Callaghan ranks 84. Before him are Tony Blair (1953), Eadred (923), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), James I of Scotland (1394), Robert II of Scotland (1316), and Sweyn II of Denmark (1020). After him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Edmund Ironside (993), Austen Chamberlain (1863), Arthur Balfour (1848), Eadwig (940), and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550).

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