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George F. Kennan

1904 - 2005

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George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George F. Kennan has received more than 1,758,468 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). George F. Kennan is the 21st most popular diplomat (up from 22nd in 2019), the 811th most popular biography from United States (up from 822nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Diplomat.

George F. Kennan is most famous for his work as a diplomat and historian. He was a leading architect of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which helped to stabilize Western Europe after World War II. He is also known for his "Long Telegram" and "X Article," which laid out the rationale for containment of the Soviet Union.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, George F. Kennan ranks 21 out of 90. Before him are John R. Bolton, Chaim Herzog, Mohamed ElBaradei, Alva Myrdal, Antony Blinken, and Hasekura Tsunenaga. After him are Chiune Sugihara, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, and Édith Cresson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, George F. Kennan ranks 37. Before him are Antonín Novotný, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Gregory Bateson, Ernst Mayr, Hans Morgenthau, and Wendell Meredith Stanley. After him are Alejo Carpentier, Lucile Randon, Willem de Kooning, Odilo Globočnik, Joseph Campbell, and Nikolai Ostrovsky. Among people deceased in 2005, George F. Kennan ranks 30. Before him are Saul Bellow, James Callaghan, Anne Bancroft, Ernst Mayr, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Pat Morita. After him are Lucien Laurent, Milton Obote, Moustapha Akkad, Max Schmeling, Ahmed Deedat, and Maria Schell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George F. Kennan ranks 811 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat Morita (1932), Renée Zellweger (1969), Davy Crockett (1786), Robert Wagner (1930), Halle Berry (1966), and Robert E. Howard (1906). After him are Gloria Swanson (1899), William Hurt (1950), Kris Jenner (1955), David Lee (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), and Carl Barks (1901).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, George F. Kennan ranks 5. Before him are Pocahontas (1595), John Jay (1745), John R. Bolton (1948), and Antony Blinken (1962). After him are Ralph Bunche (1904), Dean Acheson (1893), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), William J. Burns (1956), Richard Holbrooke (1941), Victoria Nuland (1961), and Adlai Stevenson II (1900).

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