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Winston Churchill

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Born November 30, 1874 · Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England

Died January 24, 1965

Also known as Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA

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Biography

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

Awards & recognition

  • Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion · 2014
  • honorary citizen of the United States · 1963
  • Companion of the Liberation · 1958
  • Freedom Award · 1958
  • Order of Liberation · 1958
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  • Charlemagne Prize · 1956
  • Knight of the Garter · 1953
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1953
  • Sonning Prize · 1950
  • doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon · 1948
  • Honorary doctor of Leiden University · 1946
  • honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1946
  • Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion · 1946
  • Military Medal of Luxembourg · 1946
  • Albert Medal · 1945
  • honorary citizen of Brussels · 1945
  • honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons · 1943
  • Cross of Liberty 1st Division, 1st Class · 1925
  • Territorial Decoration · 1924
  • Companion of Honour · 1922
  • Distinguished Service Medal · 1919
  • Queen's South Africa Medal · 1901
  • Cross of Military Merit with Red Decoration · 1895
  • Queen's Sudan Medal · 1889
  • 1914–15 Star
  • 1939–45 Star
  • Africa Star
  • British War Medal
  • Congressional Gold Medal
  • Croix de Guerre
  • Cross of Liberty
  • Cross of Military Merit
  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • France and Germany Star
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
  • honorary citizen of Mons
  • Inter-Allied Victory Medals
  • King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
  • King George VI Coronation Medal
  • Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav
  • Médaille militaire
  • Order of Merit
  • Order of the Elephant
  • Order of the Oak Crown
  • Order of the Star of Nepal
  • Order of the White Lion
  • Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1953 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1952 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1951 · nominated
  • Nobel Peace Prize · 1950 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1950 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1949 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1948 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Literature · 1946 · nominated
  • Nobel Peace Prize · 1945 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

A Web of War

1996as Self (archive footage)

Attack in the Pacific

1944as Self (archive footage)

Atomic People

2024as Self (archive footage)

The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill

2017as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Apocalypse: The Second World War

as Self (archive footage)

Apocalypse: D-Day

as Self (archive footage)

The Story of Diana

as Self (archive footage)

The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion

2021as Self (archive footage)

Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

2019as Self (archive footage)

A Wall in Jerusalem

1968as Self (archive footage)

Korea: The Never-Ending War

2019as Self (archive footage)

Churchill at War

2024as Self - Prime Minister UK (archive footage)

No Hamburg, No Beatles

2024as Self (archive footage)

1945: The Savage Peace

2015as Self (archive footage)

Night Will Fall

2014as Self (archive photo)

The Untold History of the United States

2012as Self (archive footage)

World War II in Colour

2009as Self (archive footage)

The Corporation

2003as Self (archive footage)

Genocide

1982as Self (archive footage)

Storm Front in Mayo

2019as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Agnelli

2017as Self (archive footage)

When the Wind Blows

1986as Self (archive footage)

Johnny Got His Gun

1971as Self - Opening Credits (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hitler: A Career

1977as Self (archive footage)

Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

2009as Self (archive footage)

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

1995as Self (archive footage)

Crusade in Europe

as Self (archive footage)

Britain and the Blitz

2025

FDR

1994as Self (archive footage)

The Bloody Hundredth

2024as Self - British Prime Minister (voice) (archive sound)

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

2020as Self (archive footage)

Soldier of Orange

1977as Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)

A Queen Is Crowned

1953as Self

The King Who Fooled Hitler

2019as Self (archive footage)

Drain the Oceans

2018as Self (archive footage)

Challenging Churchill

2012as Self

D-Day Sacrifice

as Self (archive footage)

FDR

2023as Self - Prime Minister of UK (archive footage)

Brexit: The Uncivil War

2019as Self (archive footage)

Viceroy's House

2017as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

American Experience

1988as Self (archive footage)

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

2023as Self - Politician (archive footage)

The True Glory

1945as Self

Lola

2022as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

1943

Desert Victory

1943as Self (archive footage)

Mission to Moscow

1943as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Capsule

2015as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carry On England

1976as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Mistake that Killed Hitler

2023as Self (archive footage)