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Andrew Mellon

1855 - 1937

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Andrew William Mellon (; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), known also as A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. The son of Mellon family patriarch Thomas Mellon, he established a vast business empire before moving into politics. He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 9, 1921, to February 12, 1932, presiding over the boom years of the 1920s and the Wall Street Crash of 1929. A conservative Republican, Mellon favored policies that reduced taxation and the national debt of the United States in the aftermath of World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Mellon has received more than 1,514,614 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Andrew Mellon is the 12,756th most popular politician (down from 12,398th in 2019), the 5,103rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,356th in 2019) and the 333rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrew Mellon ranks 12,756 out of 19,576. Before him are Jovan Ristić, Bas of Bithynia, Tariq al-Hashimi, Zoe Zaoutzaina, Rainer Barzel, and Sebastiano Mocenigo. After him are Pat Buchanan, Lee Nak-yeon, Dimitrios Voulgaris, Marcus Valerius Volusus, Jorge Montt, and Chogo of Baekje.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Andrew Mellon ranks 70. Before him are Nataliya Kobrynska, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Innokenty Annensky, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Stevan Sremac, and Josiah Royce. After him are Otto Lehmann, Eduard von Keyserling, Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, Eugene V. Debs, José Malhoa, and Emmanuel Drake del Castillo. Among people deceased in 1937, Andrew Mellon ranks 113. Before him are Lyubomir Miletich, Ilya Ilf, Ernst Hoppenberg, Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, Adalbert Deșu, and Mikheil Javakhishvili. After him are Yehuda Pen, Jean de Brunhoff, André Bessette, Camillo Berneri, Alexander Chayanov, and Max Carl Wilhelm Weber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Mellon ranks 5,103 out of 20,380. Before him are Taryn Power (1953), Jonathan Winters (1925), David Patrick Kelly (1951), Elmer Rice (1892), Danai Gurira (1978), and Robert Picardo (1953). After him are Rosa Ponselle (1897), Pat Buchanan (1938), Bradford Dillman (1930), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Paul Chambers (1935), and Ali Larter (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Andrew Mellon ranks 333. Before him are Henry Paulson (1946), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), William J. Donovan (1883), Daniel Webster (1782), Hunter Biden (1970), and Brent Scowcroft (1925). After him are Pat Buchanan (1938), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Harry Cohn (1891), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), and Lyndon LaRouche (1922).

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