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John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

1873 - 1954

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John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954) was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. He is one of three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the others being Rab Butler and James Callaghan. He also served as Lord Chancellor, the most senior position in the British legal system. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon has received more than 378,980 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon is the 15,478th most popular politician (down from 13,752nd in 2019), the 4,790th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,315th in 2019) and the 565th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 15,478 out of 15,577. Before him are Héctor Rossetto, M. K. Stalin, Gerd Müller, Ignazio Marino, Adelina Gutiérrez, and Paul Kaba Thieba. After him are Vít Jedlička, Ahmed Kathrada, Rajko Đurić, Paulo d'Eça Leal, Jean Charest, and Joseph Lyons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 171. Before him are Lucien Mérignac, Charles Clary, Walter de la Mare, Robert Wrenn, Carlos María de la Torre, and Alphonse Kirchhoffer. After him are Constance Titus, Enoch Sontonga, Dorothy Richardson, Prosper Bruggeman, Franz Weidenreich, and Ellen Glasgow. Among people deceased in 1954, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 132. Before him are Winifred McNair, Karl Taylor Compton, Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, Gavino Matta, Alain LeRoy Locke, and Erik Norberg. After him are Ernest Esclangon, Irving Pichel, Johnny Ace, Moroni Olsen, Charles Perrin, and Miles Franklin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 4,790 out of 7,765. Before him are Samuel Hearne (1745), Alkmund of Derby (800), J. J. C. Smart (1920), Danny Ward (1993), Mark Millar (1969), and Peter Doig (1959). After him are Luke Shaw (1995), Diana Wynyard (1906), Henry Seebohm (1832), Craig Bellamy (1979), Cecil Parker (1897), and Ben Daniels (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 565. Before him are Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868), George Reid (1845), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Titus Oates (1649), and George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716). After him are Herbert Morrison (1888), Nick Griffin (1959), Adela Pankhurst (1885), Dru Drury (1725), Nick Clegg (1967), and John Ballance (1839).

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