POLITICIAN

C. Douglas Dillon

1909 - 2003

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Clarence Douglas Dillon (born Clarence Douglass Dillon; August 21, 1909 – January 10, 2003) was an American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury (1961–1965). He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His conservative economic policies while Secretary of the Treasury were designed to protect the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. Douglas Dillon has received more than 267,447 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). C. Douglas Dillon is the 17,030th most popular politician (down from 15,543rd in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 112th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 17,030 out of 19,576. Before him are Saufatu Sopoanga, Henry Hyndman, David Adeang, Joseph Urusemal, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, and Adnan Terzić. After him are Helen Gahagan Douglas, Mile Isaković, Baleka Mbete, Nick Griffin, Maciej Płażyński, and Helen Tanger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 398. Before him are Guillermo Douglas, Wallace Stegner, Philip G. Epstein, Bimal Roy, Howard Da Silva, and Gregor Hradetzky. After him are Sam Balter, Gertrude Abercrombie, Nobuo Arai, Robert Helpmann, Harold Smith, and Roger Revelle. Among people deceased in 2003, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 342. Before him are Trevor Ford, Sheb Wooley, Edward F. Moore, Eddie Thomson, Fritz Spengler, and Steve O'Rourke. After him are Bill Bright, Lou Harrison, Kathleen Raine, Hank Ballard, Franklin Farrell, and David Kelly.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 679 out of 1,015. Before him are Max Bloesch (1908), Otto Licha (1912), Fabio Celestini (1975), Bob Lutz (1932), Gregor Kobel (1997), and Barış Arduç (1987). After him are Stephan Lehmann (1963), Lise-Marie Morerod (1956), Werner Meyer (1914), Patrick Müller (1976), Walter Dietrich (1902), and Paul Martin (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 112. Before him are Leon Schlumpf (1925), Uri Rosenthal (1945), Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (1939), Klaus Tschütscher (1967), Daniel Risch (1978), and Pierre Jaccoud (1905). After him are Werner Meyer (1914), Mario Frick (1965), Ruth Metzler (1964), Elly Schlein (1985), Sergei Aschwanden (1975), and Mirjam Ott (1972).

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