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Norman Angell

1872 - 1967

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Sir Ralph Norman Angell (26 December 1872 – 7 October 1967) was an English Nobel Peace Prize winner. He was a lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Angell has received more than 251,024 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Angell is the 2,817th most popular politician (up from 3,033rd in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 696th in 2019) and the 107th most popular British Politician.

Norman Angell was a pacifist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933. He is most famous for his book "The Great Illusion" which argued that war was futile and that economic interdependence made it impossible for any nation to win a war.

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Among politicians, Norman Angell ranks 2,817 out of 19,576Before him are Günter Schabowski, Ayaz Mutallibov, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Demetrius II Nicator, Nicos Anastasiades, and Berenice. After him are Michelle Obama, James III of Scotland, Emperor Go-Sai, Anastasio Somoza García, John, King of Denmark, and Kārlis Ulmanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Norman Angell ranks 24Before him are Djemal Pasha, Helena Rubinstein, Maurice Gamelin, Sri Aurobindo, Jože Plečnik, and Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. After him are Wilhelm Miklas, Eduard Bloch, Gotse Delchev, Aubrey Beardsley, Georgy Chicherin, and Princess Clémentine of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1967, Norman Angell ranks 29Before him are John Coltrane, Richard Kuhn, Wolfgang Köhler, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Françoise Dorléac, and Shigeru Yoshida. After him are Hermann Joseph Muller, Brian Epstein, Robert van Gulik, Héctor Scarone, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Ossip Zadkine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Angell ranks 604 out of 8,785Before him are Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Robert Carlyle (1961), Nigel Farage (1964), Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), Annie Besant (1847), and Amélie of Orléans (1865). After him are James III of Scotland (1451), Philip Sclater (1829), William Dampier (1651), Fred Perry (1909), Louis Wain (1860), and Thomas Hardy (1840).

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