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Clare Boothe Luce

1903 - 1987

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Clare Boothe Luce (née Ann Clare Boothe; March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American writer, politician, diplomat, and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy from 1953 to 1956, and as a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clare Boothe Luce has received more than 1,032,376 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Clare Boothe Luce is the 15,582nd most popular politician (up from 15,618th in 2019), the 8,287th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,450th in 2019) and the 530th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Clare Boothe Luce ranks 15,582 out of 19,576Before her are Julián Castro, Harlow Curtice, José Azcona del Hoyo, George Bancroft, Kol of Sweden, and Michel Roger. After her are Alpín mac Echdach, Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, Gaetano Martino, Marco Aurelio Soto, Rose Christiane Raponda, and Muhammad Khan Junejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Clare Boothe Luce ranks 287Before her are Alan Napier, Armand Blanchonnet, Diógenes Lara, Lajos Maszlay, Hermann Volk, and Andrei Fayt. After her are Millard Mitchell, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Kenneth Clark, Mikhail Svetlov, Léon-Étienne Duval, and Malcolm Muggeridge. Among people deceased in 1987, Clare Boothe Luce ranks 212Before her are Wolfgang Seidel, Leabua Jonathan, Joan Shawlee, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Marcos Calderón, and Juan Alberto Melgar Castro. After her are Arthur F. Burns, James Burnham, Valentín Paz-Andrade, Alexis Chantraine, George Mikes, and Viola Dana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clare Boothe Luce ranks 8,287 out of 20,380Before her are Joe Alaskey (1952), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Terry McDermott (1940), Kenneth Burke (1897), George Bancroft (1800), and Rob Van Dam (1970). After her are Omar Epps (1973), John Esposito (1940), Mariette Hartley (1940), Chelsea Clinton (1980), Dell Hymes (1927), and Charles Horton Peck (1833).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Clare Boothe Luce ranks 530Before her are Andrew Cuomo (1957), William R. Day (1849), C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), Clark Clifford (1906), Harlow Curtice (1893), and George Bancroft (1800). After her are Jesse Helms (1921), Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), Marco Rubio (1971), George Pataki (1945), Richard Olney (1835), and Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886).