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Bess Truman

1885 - 1982

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Elizabeth Virginia Truman (née Wallace; February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was the wife of President Harry S. Truman and the 32nd First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She had previously served as second lady of the United States from January to April 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bess Truman has received more than 1,676,682 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Bess Truman is the 7,251st most popular politician (down from 5,345th in 2019), the 2,346th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,834th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bess Truman ranks 7,251 out of 19,576Before her are Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Azzedine Alaïa, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Sunjong of Goryeo, and Edmund Veesenmayer. After her are Ma'ruf Amin, Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Jan Tarnowski, Humberto Delgado, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and Tullia Minor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Bess Truman ranks 82Before her are St John Philby, Camille Chautemps, Dora Pejačević, Frank Jack Fletcher, Harlow Shapley, and Jacques Feyder. After her are Platt Adams, Friedrich Kellner, Noman Çelebicihan, Theodor Kaluza, Lev Rudnev, and Nikolai Krylenko. Among people deceased in 1982, Bess Truman ranks 85Before her are King Vidor, Henry King, Jean Girault, Djuna Barnes, Pavel Alexandrov, and Valerio Zurlini. After her are Isa Miranda, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Gara Garayev, Helene Deutsch, Savitri Devi, and Ahmad al-Khatib.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bess Truman ranks 2,346 out of 20,380Before her are William Moulton Marston (1893), Danny Kaye (1911), Allison Janney (1959), Nancy Allen (1950), Bridget Fonda (1964), and Frank Stallone (1950). After her are Daniel McFadden (1937), Annie Potts (1952), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Gordon Scott (1926), and George Lakoff (1941).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bess Truman ranks 155Before her are Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), John Conyers (1929), Kamehameha II (1797), Paul P. Harris (1868), Leland Stanford (1824), and Jerome Powell (1953). After her are Dwight F. Davis (1879), Stacey Abrams (1973), John Connally (1917), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), John Hancock (1737), and Dan Quayle (1947).