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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. From the wealthy Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 1,343,298 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Andrew Mellon is the 12,441st most popular politician (down from 11,918th in 2019), the 5,368th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,677th in 2019) and the 335th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrew Mellon ranks 12,441 out of 15,577. Before him are Iput II, Igor Plotnitsky, Zoran Janković, Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal, Seankhenre Mentuhotepi, and Amos Sawyer. After him are Zhou Fohai, Théodore Steeg, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Constance Markievicz, Hau Pei-tsun, and Queen Gwendolen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Andrew Mellon ranks 68. Before him are Stevan Sremac, Tommaso Tittoni, Léon Teisserenc de Bort, Innokenty Annensky, Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, and José Malhoa. After him are Eduard von Keyserling, Eugene V. Debs, Oskar von Miller, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, William Friese-Greene, and Frank Hadow. Among people deceased in 1937, Andrew Mellon ranks 115. Before him are Mykhaylo Semenko, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Felix Graf von Bothmer, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Alexander Chayanov, and Lyubomir Miletich. After him are Madison Grant, Bolesław Leśmian, André Bessette, Adalbert Deșu, Sigizmund Levanevsky, and Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Mellon ranks 5,368 out of 18,182. Before him are Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), Clarence Thomas (1948), Leslie Mann (1972), Robert Picardo (1953), Wynton Marsalis (1961), and Darlene Cates (1947). After him are Barbara Broccoli (1960), William Wharton (1925), Madeline Kahn (1942), Louis Calhern (1895), Don Murray (1929), and Darlanne Fluegel (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Andrew Mellon ranks 335. Before him are Charles Bolden (1946), Joe Manchin (1947), Juan Trippe (1899), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), Caroline Harrison (1832), and John Warner (1927). After him are William Cohen (1940), Ramsey Clark (1927), Roger Sherman (1721), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), and Chuck Hagel (1946).

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