Politicians and Activists
| Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Wilberforce | born Hull | 1759–1833 | social campaigner who brought about the abolition of slavery | |
| Guy Fawkes | York | 1570–1606 | traitor, Yorkshire born soldier and part of the Gunpowder Plot | |
| William Bradford | born in Austerfield | 1590–1657 | Plymouth governor, pilgrim father | |
| Harold Wilson | born in Huddersfield | 1916–1995 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1964-70 and 1974–76 | |
| Herbert Henry Asquith | born in Morley | 1852–1928 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1908-16 |
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Famous quotes containing the word politicians:
“I spent my life mixin’ with your breed, and I don’t like it. Get me. You can hide behind a lot of red tape, crooked lawyers and politicians with the gimmes, writs of habeas corpus, witnesses that don’t remember overnight, but we’ll get through to you, just like we got all the rest.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)