POLITICIAN

Eugene Meyer

1875 - 1959

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Eugene Isaac Meyer (October 31, 1875 – July 17, 1959) was an American banker, businessman, financier, and newspaper publisher. Through his public career, he served as the fifth chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1930 to 1933. Meyer published The Washington Post from 1933 to 1946, and the paper stayed in his family throughout the rest of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugene Meyer has received more than 49,785 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene Meyer is the 15,203rd most popular politician (down from 14,597th in 2019), the 7,716th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,161st in 2019) and the 492nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eugene Meyer ranks 15,203 out of 19,576Before him are Otto Winzer, Eormenric of Kent, Earl Browder, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Alexandros Nikolopoulos, and James Brady. After him are József Szlávy, Gideon Sa'ar, Alfredo Duhalde, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Robert Andersson, and Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Eugene Meyer ranks 151Before him are Elvira Notari, Konstantin Yuon, Oscar Goßler, David Hall, László Berti, and Alexandros Nikolopoulos. After him are Gunnar Höjer, John Bray, Vasily Kachalov, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Alexandros Diomidis, and Dobri Hristov. Among people deceased in 1959, Eugene Meyer ranks 173Before him are Eero Lehtonen, Leslie Johnson, Peter Platzer, Paul Van Asbroeck, Russell Simpson, and Zakaria Goneim. After him are Sax Rohmer, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Adolf Lindfors, Andrés Martínez Trueba, Patrick O'Connell, and Ragnar Malm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Meyer ranks 7,716 out of 20,380Before him are John Colter (1774), Vanessa Marcil (1968), Emanuel Steward (1944), David Peoples (1940), Bill Robinson (1877), and James Brady (1940). After him are Elliott Smith (1969), Loni Anderson (1945), Miriam Cooper (1891), Penny Johnson Jerald (1961), Edward Binns (1916), and Forest Ray Moulton (1872).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Eugene Meyer ranks 492Before him are John M. Clayton (1796), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Metacomet (1639), Earl Browder (1891), and James Brady (1940). After him are John W. Snow (1939), Billy Cunningham (1943), DeWitt Clinton (1769), Jeff Sessions (1946), Julian Castro (1974), and Dick Durbin (1944).