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Martin Rees

PEP · Politician

Martin Rees is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Martin John Rees · Martin Rees · Martin Ris · Мартин Джон Рис · Мартин Рис · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Baron Rees of Ludlow · Lord Martin Rees · M. J. Rees · Martin J Rees · Martin J. Rees · 13 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Rees · マーティン・リーズ				[sources]
Birth date	1942-06-23				[sources]
Place of birth	York				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	John · Martin				[sources]
Last name	Rees				[sources]
Website	www.ast.cam.ac.uk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q335213				[sources]
Position	Astronomer Royal (1995-2025) · President of the Royal Society (2005-2010) · member of the House of Lords (2005-)				[sources]
Education	Shrewsbury School · Trinity College · University of Cambridge				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-24	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

British cosmologist and astrophysicist (1942-)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-28

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,208

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,414

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,008

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata328,054

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