George VI
1895 CE–1952 CE · London
George VI was King of the United Kingdom from 1936 until his death in 1952, and the last Emperor of India. He came to the throne unexpectedly following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII and reigned through the Second World War. During his reign the British Empire largely transformed into the Commonwealth, and India gained independence in 1947. He was succeeded by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
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- Clement Attlee· 1883 CE–1967 CE
- Konrad Adenauer· 1876 CE–1967 CE
- Jawaharlal Nehru· 1889 CE–1964 CE
- Winston Churchill· 1874 CE–1965 CE
- Herbert Hoover· 1874 CE–1964 CE
- Harry S. Truman· 1884 CE–1972 CE
- David Ben-Gurion· 1886 CE–1973 CE
- Dwight D. Eisenhower· 1890 CE–1969 CE
- Ho Chi Minh· 1890 CE–1969 CE
- Adolf Hitler· 1889 CE–1945 CE
- Hideki Tojo· 1884 CE–1948 CE
- Chiang Kai-shek· 1887 CE–1975 CE
- Aung San· 1915 CE–1947 CE
- Joseph Stalin· 1878 CE–1953 CE
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