Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Politician , Statesman , Nobel Laureate Writer

Born: November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace

Died: January 24, 1965, Hyde Park Gate

Education: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1894), Harrow School, St. George's School, Ascot

Parents: Jennie Churchill, Lord Randolph Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill, a British politician and statesman known for his vision­ary leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War, was the most charismatic wartime leader who led the British nation to victory against all odds. A noted statesman and a great orator, Churchill served as prime min­ister twice (1940 -45 and 1951-55). He is the only British prime to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.

During the First World War, he was First Lord of the Admiralty. After the war, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the Second World War, he was reappointed First Lord of the Admiralty. On May 10, 1940, he became Prime Minister. He led Britain as Prime Minister until the victory.

After the war, his party lost the elections but in 1951 he became the prime minister again. He is regarded one of the most influential men in British history.

"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."

— Sweat and Tears Speech (June 4. 1940).