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William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

  • Bristol: August 6, 1891 celebration
  • London: December 14, 1970 celebration
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    William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim  
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    United Kingdom  
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    William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
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  • celebration Date of birth

    Bristol: August 6, 1891  
  • deceased Rest in Peace

    London: December 14, 1970  
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  • groups Political Party

     
  • verified Position Held

    1. Governor-General of Australia
    2. Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
    3. member of the House of Lords
     
  • school Education

    1. Command and Staff College
    2. King Edward's School
    3. St. Philip's School
     
  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Military Cross
    2. Commander of the Order of the British Empire
    3. Distinguished Service Order
    4. Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
    5. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
    6. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
    7. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
    8. Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    9. Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit
     
  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

     
  • former Governor-General of Australia (1891-1970) | Military Cross, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Legionnaire of

1. Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen)

  • Šiauliai: August 6, 1983 celebration

Lithuanian chess player and politician | honorary citizen of Šiauliai (2011), Officer's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2011), Order of Prince

2. Pavlo Matviienko

  • Dnipro: August 6, 1973 celebration

Ukrainian politician | Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2003) | Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman | Dnipro

3. Ihor Rajnin

  • Kharkiv: August 6, 1973 celebration

Ukrainian politician | Honored Economist of Ukraine | National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute | Kharkiv: August 6, 1973 - June 9, 2017

4. Cal Cunningham

  • Winston-Salem: August 6, 1973 celebration

American politician | Bronze Star Medal | London School of Economics and Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University

5. Vitaliy Bunechko

  • Sarny: August 6, 1973 celebration

Ukrainian politician | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky | Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University | Sarny: August 6, 1973 - Remagen: March 13, 1986 | Vitaliy

6. Rokas Masiulis

  • Vilnius: August 6, 1969 celebration

Lithuanian politicians, Energy Minister | Officer of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2014) | Vilnius University | Vilnius: August 6, 1969 - Paris: December 13, 1964

7. Mustafa Şentop (Mustafa Sentop)

  • Tekirdağ: August 6, 1968 celebration

Turkish academician and politician | Marmara University, Istanbul University Faculty of Law | Tekirdağ: August 6, 1968 - Washington, D.C.: May 2, 1972

8. Guy Black, Baron Black of Brentwood

  • Chelmsford: August 6, 1964 celebration

British peer (born 1964) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts | Peterhouse, Brentwood School | Chelmsford: August 6, 1964 - Toronto: October 14, 2018 | Guy

9. Leonid Kalashnikov

  • Stepnoy Dvorets: August 6, 1960 celebration

Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Master of Sport of the USSR

10. Didier Reynders

  • Liège: August 6, 1958 celebration

Belgian politician, currently European Commissioner for Justice | Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

11. Rui Rio

  • Porto: August 6, 1957 celebration

Portuguese politician of the 3rd republic | Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, Grand Cross

12. Oleksandr Savchuk

  • Bilopillia: August 6, 1954 celebration
  • Kyiv: November 11, 2012 deceased

Ukrainian politician | Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class, Order of Merit, 1st class, Merited mechanical engineer of

13. Schetinin Mikhail

  • Barnaul: August 6, 1953 celebration

Russian politician (born 1953) | Order of Honour, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | Altai State Technical University | Barnaul

14. David McLetchie

  • Edinburgh: August 6, 1952 celebration
  • Edinburgh: August 12, 2013 deceased

Scottish politician (1952-2013) | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Leith Academy, University of Edinburgh School of Law, University of Edinburgh

15. Viktor Leonov

  • Novoilyinka: August 6, 1952 celebration

Russian politician | Order of Friendship | Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management | Novoilyinka: August 6, 1952 - The Hague: February 22, 1930

16. Janusz Reiter

  • Kościerzyna: August 6, 1952 celebration

Polish diplomat | Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1995) | University of Warsaw | Kościerzyna: August

17. Vasyl Bilyi

  • Ivannie: August 6, 1951 celebration

politician | Order of the Badge of Honour | National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine | Ivannie: August 6, 1951 - November 27, 2024

18. Nikolai Kovalyov

  • Moscow: August 6, 1949 celebration
  • Moscow: April 5, 2019 deceased

Russian politician (1949–2019) | Medal "For Impeccable Service", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the

19. Jerzy Żyżyński (Jerzy Zyzynski)

  • Warsaw: August 6, 1949 celebration

Polish politician and economist | Silver Cross of Merit | University of Warsaw, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow | Warsaw: August 6, 1949

20. Sergo Karapetyan

  • Artashat: August 6, 1948 celebration
  • Yerevan: February 18, 2021 deceased

Armenian politician (1948-2021) | Second Class Service of the Fatherland Medal | Armenian National Agrarian University | Artashat: August 6, 1948 - Yerevan

21. Mohammad Najibullah

  • Gardez: August 6, 1947 celebration
  • Kabul: September 27, 1996 deceased

4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan | Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Saur Revolution, Order of the Sun of Liberty

22. António Abreu (Antonio Abreu)

  • Lisbon: August 6, 1947 celebration

Portuguese engineer and political | Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal | Instituto Superior Técnico | Lisbon: August 6, 1947 - Santo António dos

23. Mykola Chechel

  • Lypovets Raion: August 6, 1946 celebration

politician | Honored Economist of Ukraine | Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman | Lypovets Raion: August 6, 1946 - January 18, 2021

24. Élisabeth Guigou (Elisabeth Guigou)

  • Marrakesh: August 6, 1946 celebration

French politician | Knight of the Legion of Honour (2018), Officer of the National Order of Merit (2021) | Paul Cézanne University, Sciences Po

25. Jean-Charles Marchiani

  • Bastia: August 6, 1943 celebration

French politician | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Paul Cézanne University, Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, Institut des hautes études de défense nationale

26. Ron Nachman

  • Tel Aviv: August 6, 1942 celebration
  • Petah Tikva: January 18, 2013 deceased

Israeli politician (1942-2013) | Israel Prize (2013) | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv: August 6, 1942 - Petah Tikva: January 18, 2013 | Ron Nachman | Tel Aviv

27. Mukhu Aliyev

  • Tanusi: August 6, 1940 celebration

Russian politician | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Jubilee Medal

28. Suchinda Kraprayoon

  • Nakhon Pathom: August 6, 1933 celebration

Thai politician and general | Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Commendation Medal, Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of

29. Hans Grosheide

  • Amsterdam: August 6, 1930 celebration
  • The Hague: December 18, 2022 deceased

Dutch politician (1930–2022) | Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Amsterdam: August 6, 1930 - The Hague: December 18, 2022

30. William David Ford

  • Detroit: August 6, 1927 celebration
  • Ypsilanti: August 14, 2004 deceased

American politician, Michigan (1927-2004) | American Library Association Honorary Membership (1984) | Melvindale High School, Wayne State University

31. Bolesław Chocha (Boleslaw Chocha)

  • Hrodna: August 6, 1923 celebration
  • Józefów: May 2, 1987 deceased

Polish military personnel and politician | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War

32. Kurt Thieme

  • Berlin: August 6, 1922 celebration

German politician | Banner of Labor (1969), Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver (1964), Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold, Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1959)

33. Hilton Cheong-Leen

  • Georgetown: August 6, 1922 celebration
  • January 4, 2022 deceased

Hong Kong politician (1922–2022) | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | La Salle College | Georgetown: August 6, 1922 - January 4, 2022 | Hilton

34. Dom Mintoff

  • Bormla: August 6, 1916 celebration
  • Tarxien: August 20, 2012 deceased

Maltese politician (1916-2012) | Rhodes Scholarship (1939), Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights | Hertford College, University of Malta | Bormla

35. Gordon Freeth

  • Angaston: August 6, 1914 celebration
  • Perth: November 27, 2001 deceased

Australian politician and diplomat (1914–2001) | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | University of Western Australia, SHORE – Sydney

36. Aleksandr Ishlinsky

  • Moscow: August 6, 1913 celebration
  • Moscow: February 7, 2003 deceased

Russian mechanician (1913–2003) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of Lenin, Lenin Prize, Hero of Socialist Labour

37. George N. Craig

  • Brazil: August 6, 1909 celebration
  • Brazil: December 17, 1992 deceased

American politician (1909-1992) | Bronze Star Medal | Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Maurer School of Law | Brazil: August 6, 1909

38. Hamid Beik Frangieh

  • Zgharta: August 6, 1907 celebration
  • Beirut: September 5, 1981 deceased

Lebanese politician (1907-1981) | Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic | Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura

39. Jean Zay

  • Orléans: August 6, 1904 celebration
  • Molles: June 20, 1944 deceased

French politician, Minister of National Education and Fine Arts (1904–1944) | Concours général | lycée Pothier | Orléans: August 6, 1904 - Molles: June 20, 1944

40. Grigori Shtern

  • Smila: August 6, 1900 celebration
  • Samara: October 28, 1941 deceased

Soviet general (1900–1941) | Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of the Red Banner, Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red

41. Josef Charvát (Josef Charvat)

  • Vinohrady: August 6, 1897 celebration
  • Prague: January 31, 1984 deceased

Czech academic and doctor (1897-1984) | Léon Bernard Foundation Prize (1968), honorary doctor of Comenius University (1969) | First Faculty of Medicine

42. Frank Nicklin

  • Murwillumbah: August 6, 1895 celebration
  • Nambour: January 29, 1978 deceased

fruit grower and Premier of Queensland (1895–1978) | Military Medal (1918), Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1968) | Highfield College

43. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

  • Bristol: August 6, 1891 celebration
  • London: December 14, 1970 deceased

former Governor-General of Australia (1891-1970) | Military Cross, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Legionnaire of

44. Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale

  • August 6, 1890 celebration
  • December 16, 1956 deceased

British peer (1890-1956) | Order of the Garter, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Military Cross | Trinity

45. James O'Mara

  • Limerick: August 6, 1873 celebration
  • November 21, 1948 deceased

Irish politician and businessman (1873–1948) | Fellow of the Chemical Society | Clongowes Wood College, Royal University of Ireland | Limerick: August 6

46. Alexander Baykov

  • Fatezh: August 6, 1870 celebration
  • Moscow: April 6, 1946 deceased

Russian metallurgist (1870-1946) | Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Order of Saint Anna, 3rd

47. Salvatore Contarini

  • Palermo: August 6, 1867 celebration
  • Rome: September 17, 1945 deceased

Italian politician (1867-1945) | Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1920) | University of Palermo | Palermo: August 6, 1867 - Rome

48. Louis Duval-Arnould

  • 6th arrondissement of Paris: August 6, 1863 celebration
  • Paris: February 18, 1942 deceased

French politician (1863–1942) | Croix de guerre 1914–1918, Officer of the Legion of Honour | Sciences Po, Collège Stanislas de Paris | 6th arrondissement

49. Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska (Zofia Daszynska-Golinska)

  • Warsaw: August 6, 1860 celebration
  • Warsaw: February 11, 1934 deceased

Polish politician, editor | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Independence | University of Basel, University of Zurich | Warsaw: August 6

50. František Zenker (Frantisek Zenker)

  • Kácov: August 6, 1856 celebration
  • Vienna: March 3, 1925 deceased

Czech politician (1856–1925) | honorary doctorate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (1913), honorary doctorate | Faculty of

51. Isaac Isaacs

  • Melbourne: August 6, 1855 celebration
  • Melbourne: February 11, 1948 deceased

Australian lawyer, politician and judge (1855-1948) | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

52. Tajiri Inajirō (Tajiri Inajiro)

  • Kyoto: August 6, 1850 celebration
  • Tokyo: August 15, 1923 deceased

Japanese economic scientist | Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class | Yale University | Kyoto: August 6, 1850

53. Louis Lépine (Louis Lepine)

  • Lyon: August 6, 1846 celebration
  • 16th arrondissement of Paris: November 9, 1933 deceased

French diplomat (1846–1933) | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès, Grand Cross of

54. John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll

  • London: August 6, 1845 celebration
  • London: May 2, 1914 deceased

British nobleman and 4th Governor General of Canada (1845-1914) | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, honorary doctorate at the Laval University

55. John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl

  • August 6, 1840 celebration
  • Blair Castle: January 20, 1917 deceased

Scottish noble (1840-1917) | Order of the Thistle | Eton College | August 6, 1840 - Blair Castle: January 20, 1917 | John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl

56. Łukasz Solecki (Lukasz Solecki)

  • Iavche: August 6, 1827 celebration
  • Przemyśl: March 2, 1900 deceased

politician | Order of the Iron Crown | Lviv University | Iavche: August 6, 1827 - Przemyśl: March 2, 1900 | Łukasz Solecki (Lukasz Solecki) | Iavche: August

57. Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

  • Forres: August 6, 1820 celebration
  • London: January 21, 1914 deceased

Canadian businessman, politician and philanthropist (1820-1914) | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St

58. Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y Díez (Salvador Bermudez de Castro y Diez)

  • Jerez de la Frontera: August 6, 1817 celebration
  • Rome: March 23, 1883 deceased

Spanish poet (1817-1883) | Grand Cross of the Military Merit - White Badge (1981), Grand Officer of the Order of the Sun of Peru | University of Seville

59. Ramón Gil Osorio (Ramon Gil Osorio)

  • Villena: August 6, 1813 celebration
  • November 16, 1880 deceased

Spanish politician | Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic | University of Valencia | Villena: August 6, 1813 - November 16, 1880 | Ramón Gil

60. Alfred Tennyson

  • Somersby: August 6, 1809 celebration
  • Aldworth: October 6, 1892 deceased

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Chancellor's Gold Medal | The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Lady of Shalott | Trinity

61. André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers (Andre-Jean-Francois-Marie Brochant de Villiers)

  • Mantes-la-Ville: August 6, 1772 celebration
  • Paris: May 16, 1840 deceased

French scientist (1772-1840) | Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour | École polytechnique, Mines ParisTech | Mantes-la-Ville

62. John Wilson

  • Applethwaite: August 6, 1741 celebration
  • Kendal: October 18, 1793 deceased

English mathematician (1741-1793) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1782) | Wilson's theorem | Peterhouse, Staveley CofE School | Applethwaite: August 6, 1741

63. Karl Joseph von Firmian

  • Mezzocorona: August 6, 1716 celebration
  • Milan: June 20, 1782 deceased

Austrian noble (1716-1782) | Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece | Leiden University | Mezzocorona: August 6, 1716 - Milan: June 20, 1782 | Karl Joseph

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