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POLITICIAN

Oswald Mosley

1896 - 1980

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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

Among politicians, Oswald Mosley ranks 1,506 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Oswald Mosley ranks 18Before 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 27Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Oswald Mosley ranks 357 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Oswald Mosley ranks 69Before 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).