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 rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Mosley has received more than 13,374,267 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald Mosley is the 1,882nd most popular politician (down from 1,502nd in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 357th 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 1,882 out of 19,576. Before him are Śuddhodana, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Al-Mahdi, Ferdinand I of León, Kitbuqa, and King Wen of Zhou. After him are Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Emperor Hui of Han, Conrad of Montferrat, Ariovistus, Yejong of Joseon, and Ḫattušili III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Oswald Mosley ranks 23. Before him are Leslie Groves, Milena Jesenská, Felix Steiner, Dziga Vertov, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Eugenio Montale. After him are Donald Winnicott, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Buenaventura Durruti, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Italo Balbo, and Ernst Udet. Among people deceased in 1980, Oswald Mosley ranks 25. Before him are Gianni Rodari, Peter Sellers, Vladimir Vysotsky, Alexei Kosygin, Otto Frank, and Hans Asperger. After him are Romain Gary, Milton H. Erickson, John Bonham, Fritz Strassmann, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and Alexander Oparin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Oswald Mosley ranks 392 out of 8,785. Before him are Angus Young (1955), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Robert Burns (1759), Henry Hallett Dale (1875), Lemmy (1945), and Thomas Cromwell (1485). After him are Henry Fox Talbot (1800), George Eliot (1819), Ian Holm (1931), Mary Read (1695), Gordon Banks (1937), and Edward the Confessor (1003).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Oswald Mosley ranks 69. Before him are Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Theresa May (1956), Arthur Balfour (1848), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), Harthacnut (1018), and Sweyn II of Denmark (1020). After him are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Edgar the Peaceful (943), Anne Neville (1456), Tristan (535), John Buchan (1875), and Marie of Romania (1875).

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