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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 248,310 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). C. Douglas Dillon is the 15,601st most popular politician (down from 13,953rd in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 513th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 15,601 out of 15,577Before him are Edward James Roye, Elihu B. Washburne, Marcus Stephen, Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, Grace Mugabe, and Marjan Šarec. After him are Josiah Bartlett, Aires Ali, Nyamko Sabuni, Luigi Di Maio, Vladimir Makei, and Rebecca Harms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 332Before him are Marjorie Clark, Vladimir Barmin, Wallace Stegner, Dragomir Tošić, Robert Helpmann, and Evelyne Hall. After him are Frank Albertson, Ivan Fuqua, George Saling, Howard Da Silva, Robert Serber, and Ruby Keeler. Among people deceased in 2003, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 288Before him are Izzat Ghazzawi, Vera Ralston, German Sveshnikov, Steve O'Rourke, Bill Bright, and Carol Shields. After him are Eddie Thomson, Philip Slone, Hank Ballard, Rachel Corrie, David Kelly, and John Aston Sr..

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 596 out of 876Before him are Mauro Gianetti (1964), Paul Niggli (1888), Eren Derdiyok (1988), Edmund Bruggmann (1943), Mario Gavranović (1989), and Claudio Sulser (1955). After him are Kate Burton (1957), Georges Bregy (1958), Hans Gerschwiler (1920), Klaus Tschütscher (1967), Kat Graham (1989), and Franco Forini (1958).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, C. Douglas Dillon ranks 94Before him are Leon Schlumpf (1925), Alphons Egli (1924), Albert Gallatin (1761), Pierre Jaccoud (1905), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), and Uri Rosenthal (1945). After him are Klaus Tschütscher (1967), Hoyte van Hoytema (1971), Mario Frick (1965), Ruth Metzler (1964), Mirjam Ott (1972), and Sergei Aschwanden (1975).