1896 - 1980
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British aristocrat and politician who, during the 1920s and 1930s, rose to fame when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was a member of parliament and later founded and led the British Union of Fascists (BUF).After military service during the First World War, Mosley was one of the youngest members of parliament, representing Harrow from 1918 to 1924, first as a Conservative, then an independent, before joining the Labour Party. At the 1924 general election he stood in Birmingham Ladywood against the future prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, coming within 100 votes of defeating him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Mosley has received more than 12,427,632 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Oswald Mosley is the 1,506th most popular politician (down from 1,175th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 298th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Politician.
Oswald Mosley was a British fascist politician who founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932.
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Among politicians, Oswald Mosley ranks 1,506 out of 15,577. Before him are Carlos I of Portugal, Gallienus, Paul Biya, David IV of Georgia, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, and Emperor Yang of Sui. After him are Jehoiakim, Jingtai Emperor, Tsai Ing-wen, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Lin Biao, and Hassanal Bolkiah.
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,500
218 - 268
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,501
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,502
1073 - 1125
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,503
1479 - 1516
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,504
569 - 617
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,505
1896 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,506
634 BC - 598 BC
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 1,507
1428 - 1457
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 1,508
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 1,509
1844 - 1900
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 1,510
1907 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 1,511
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 1,512
Among people born in 1896, Oswald Mosley ranks 18. Before him are Eugenio Montale, Trygve Lie, Klement Gottwald, Andrei Zhdanov, Paula Hitler, and Gerty Cori. After him are Felix Steiner, Milena Jesenská, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Dziga Vertov, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Donald Winnicott. Among people deceased in 1980, Oswald Mosley ranks 27. Before him are Otto Frank, Alexei Kosygin, Gianni Rodari, Milton H. Erickson, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Hans Asperger. After him are Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Bill Evans, Marcelo Caetano, Gregory Bateson, Óscar Romero, and John Bonham.
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 12
1896 - 1968
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 13
1896 - 1953
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 14
1896 - 1948
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 15
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 16
1896 - 1957
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 17
1896 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 18
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 19
1896 - 1944
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 20
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 21
1896 - 1954
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 22
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 23
1896 - 1971
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 24
1889 - 1980
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 21
1904 - 1980
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 22
1920 - 1980
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 23
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 24
1938 - 1980
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 25
1906 - 1980
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 26
1896 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 27
1892 - 1980
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 28
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 29
1906 - 1980
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 30
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 31
1917 - 1980
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 32
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 33
Among people born in United Kingdom, Oswald Mosley ranks 357 out of 7,765. Before him are Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Malcolm McDowell (1943), Francis William Aston (1877), Ronald Coase (1910), Æthelflæd (869), and Edward Victor Appleton (1892). After him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), John Bowlby (1907), Theresa May (1956), George Paget Thomson (1892), John Ruskin (1819), and John Boyd Dunlop (1840).
1849 - 1924
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 351
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 352
1877 - 1945
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 353
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 354
869 - 918
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 355
1892 - 1965
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 356
1896 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 357
1844 - 1900
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 358
1907 - 1990
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 359
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 360
1892 - 1975
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 361
1819 - 1900
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 362
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 363
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Oswald Mosley ranks 69. Before him are Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Marie of Romania (1875), Tristan (535), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), and Æthelflæd (869). After him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Theresa May (1956), Boudica (33), Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), Edgar the Peaceful (943), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767).
837 - 871
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 63
1220 - 1282
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 64
1875 - 1938
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 65
535 - 585
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 66
1411 - 1460
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 67
869 - 918
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 68
1896 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 69
1844 - 1900
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 70
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 71
33 - 61
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 72
1453 - 1471
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 73
943 - 975
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 74
1767 - 1820
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 75