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Adlai Stevenson II

1900 - 1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat and who was the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956, losing both elections to Dwight D. Eisenhower in landslides. Stevenson was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson, the 23rd vice president of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adlai Stevenson II has received more than 3,932,264 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Adlai Stevenson II is the 60th most popular diplomat (down from 59th in 2019), the 5,023rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,425th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Diplomat.

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  • 50.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 60 out of 90. Before him are Selahattin Ülkümen, Adam von Trott zu Solz, Jules Cambon, Ambrogio Contarini, Ernest Mason Satow, and Paul Schmidt. After him are Joseph Grew, Edward M. House, Filippo Grandi, Vatslav Vorovsky, Yasushi Akashi, and Max Jakobson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 183. Before him are Bruno Apitz, Giovanni Urbani, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, and Haskell Curry. After him are Maurice Dobb, Edward Stettinius Jr., Karel Teige, Charley Paddock, Teodoro Picado Michalski, and Vasily Abaev. Among people deceased in 1965, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 115. Before him are Laureano Gómez, Roger Vailland, Ludwik Rajchman, Edgar Ende, Ramón Gil, and Johannes Bobrowski. After him are Bob King, Joseph Grew, Mae Murray, Arthur Holmes, Vladimir Gardin, and Alejandro Casona.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 5,023 out of 20,380. Before him are Yvette Mimieux (1942), John Templeton (1912), James Coco (1930), Daniel Baldwin (1960), Haskell Curry (1900), and Francis Davis Millet (1848). After him are Myrtle Bachelder (1908), Mark Milley (1958), George Sidney (1916), Joan Osborne (1962), George Burns (1896), and Mary Agnes Chase (1869).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 12. Before him are Ralph Bunche (1904), Dean Acheson (1893), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), William J. Burns (1956), Richard Holbrooke (1941), and Victoria Nuland (1961). After him are Joseph Grew (1880), Edward M. House (1858), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Richard Armitage (1945), Wendy Sherman (1949), and Adolph Dubs (1920).

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