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Dean Acheson

1893 - 1971

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Dean Gooderham Acheson ( ATCH-iss-ən; April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American politician and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. Secretary of State, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was also Truman's main foreign policy advisor from 1945 to 1947 during early years of the Cold War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dean Acheson has received more than 1,100,500 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Dean Acheson is the 38th most popular diplomat (down from 34th in 2019), the 2,239th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,319th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Diplomat.

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  • 4.37

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  • 4.32

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Dean Acheson ranks 38 out of 90. Before him are George Blake, Yukiya Amano, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Amr Moussa, Ralph Bunche, and Porfirio Rubirosa. After him are Martin Luther, Mikhail Borodin, Jean Kennedy Smith, William J. Burns, Richard Holbrooke, and Zannanza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Dean Acheson ranks 78. Before him are Marianne Brandt, Wilhelm Zaisser, Leonarda Cianciulli, Jean Absil, Carl Værnet, and Dorothy Parker. After him are Henry Murray, Armand Călinescu, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, William Moulton Marston, Clark Ashton Smith, and Alexander Korda. Among people deceased in 1971, Dean Acheson ranks 56. Before him are Vladislav Volkov, T. V. Soong, Jo Siffert, Philippe Thys, J. D. Bernal, and Viktor Patsayev. After him are Royal Rife, Broncho Billy Anderson, Dita Parlo, Pedro Rodríguez, Philo Farnsworth, and Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Acheson ranks 2,239 out of 20,380. Before him are Terry Riley (1935), James Tolkan (1931), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Chris Brown (1989), Jenna Jameson (1974), and Wilford Brimley (1934). After him are George Stevens (1904), Rhea Seehorn (1972), Thomas Gordon (1918), Wade Williams (1961), Charles Eames (1907), and John Harvey Kellogg (1852).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Dean Acheson ranks 7. Before him are Pocahontas (1595), John Jay (1745), John R. Bolton (1948), Antony Blinken (1962), George F. Kennan (1904), and Ralph Bunche (1904). After him are Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), William J. Burns (1956), Richard Holbrooke (1941), Victoria Nuland (1961), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), and Joseph Grew (1880).

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