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Dwight F. Davis

1879 - 1945

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Dwight Filley Davis Sr. (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dwight F. Davis has received more than 193,012 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Dwight F. Davis is the 8,644th most popular politician (up from 9,400th in 2019), the 3,066th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,565th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dwight F. Davis ranks 8,644 out of 15,577Before him are María de Molina, Bolesław II the Horned, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Julia, Pōmare IV, and Marie of Baden-Sponheim. After him are Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Fred Sinowatz, Huhanye, Franz von Sickingen, Charles, Count of Soissons, and Princess Marie of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Dwight F. Davis ranks 82Before him are Oskar Barnack, Hovannes Adamian, Eli Heckscher, René Pottier, Aimo Cajander, and Alan Gardiner. After him are Vanessa Bell, Joe Hill, Aleksandër Moisiu, Patrick Pearse, Joseph Canteloube, and Sándor Garbai. Among people deceased in 1945, Dwight F. Davis ranks 170Before him are Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Richard Thomalla, John Basilone, Alfréd Schaffer, Ernst-Günther Baade, and Ludwig Müller. After him are Roberto Farinacci, Maria Skobtsova, Ada Negri, Violette Szabo, Eric Liddell, and Paul Giesler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dwight F. Davis ranks 3,066 out of 18,182Before him are James S. Sherman (1855), John Hughes (1950), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), James Rothman (1950), and James J. Gibson (1904). After him are Jennifer Beals (1963), Alex North (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Michelle Monaghan (1976), John Waters (1946), and Calista Flockhart (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dwight F. Davis ranks 193Before him are Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Elihu Root (1845), Dean Rusk (1909), Jim Garrison (1921), James S. Sherman (1855), and Marie Smith Jones (1918). After him are Charles Curtis (1860), Robert Gates (1943), Kamehameha V (1830), Barry Goldwater (1909), Elbridge Gerry (1744), and Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851).