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Tony Benn
Sign in to saveAlso known as Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, Viscount Stansgate, 2nd Viscount Stansgate
British politician (1925–2014)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tony Benn is referenced by 1,618 other articles, and connects out to Secretary of State for Business and Trade, World War II and Immanuel Kant.
It is catalogued under topics including 1925 births, 2014 deaths and 20th-century English diarists.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
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Marylebone, London, England, UK
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn was a British politician, writer, and diarist. He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s.
Known for
- Kenny Dalglish — Self - Politician / Activist2025
- The Atom: A Love Affair2019
- Laissez-faire — Self (archive footage)2015
- Tony Benn: Labour's Lost Leader — Self (Archive)2014
- Tony Benn: Will and Testament2014
- We Are Many2014
- The Spirit of '45 — Himself - Contributor2013
- Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain2013
- Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth2013
- Paul O Grady's Working Britain2013
via TMDB
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Harold Wilson James Callaghan
- Preceded by
- Eric Varley
- Succeeded by
- David Howell
- Leader
- Harold Wilson
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Marylebone
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- diarist
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Noble title
- Viscount Stansgate
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
- Military rank
- pilot officer
- Official website
- www.tonybenn.com
- Image
- Tony Benn2.jpg
- Work location
- London
Show 9 more facts
- date of death
- 2014-03-13
- Commons category
- Tony Benn
- date of birth
- 1925-04-03
- name in native language
- Tony Benn
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- cause of death
- chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- P10632
- Tony Benn
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
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Encyclopedic overview
President of the Stop the War Coalition In office 21 September 2001 – 14 March 2014 Vice PresidentLindsey German Chairman
Andrew Murray
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