1884 - 1972
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO. Truman grew up in Independence, Missouri, and during World War I was sent to France as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning home, he opened a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri and was later elected as a Jackson County official in 1922. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry S. Truman has received more than 14,795,100 page views. His biography is available in 131 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 127 in 2019). Harry S. Truman is the 172nd most popular politician (down from 144th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from United States (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Politician.
Harry S. Truman is most famous for being the 33rd president of the United States, for leading the country through World War II and the Korean War, and for overseeing the end of World War II.
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Among politicians, Harry S. Truman ranks 172 out of 15,710. Before him are Reinhard Heydrich, George W. Bush, Murad II, Mehmed IV, Maximilien Robespierre, and Klemens von Metternich. After him are Septimius Severus, William I, German Emperor, Henry II of France, Björn Ironside, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Alexander I of Russia.
1904 - 1942
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 166
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 167
1404 - 1451
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 168
1642 - 1693
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 169
1758 - 1794
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 170
1773 - 1859
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 171
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 172
145 - 211
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 173
1797 - 1888
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 174
1519 - 1559
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 175
800 - 876
HPI: 83.30
Rank: 176
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 177
1777 - 1825
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 178
Among people born in 1884, Harry S. Truman ranks 3. Before him are Eleanor Roosevelt and Amedeo Modigliani. After him are Isoroku Yamamoto, Bronisław Malinowski, Edvard Beneš, Hideki Tojo, İsmet İnönü, Anton Drexler, Max Brod, Édouard Daladier, and Peter Debye. Among people deceased in 1972, Harry S. Truman ranks 1. After him are Ip Man, Edward VIII, M. C. Escher, Frederick IX of Denmark, Yasunari Kawabata, J. Edgar Hoover, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Ezra Pound, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Igor Sikorsky, and Kwame Nkrumah.
1884 - 1962
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 1
1884 - 1920
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 2
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 3
1884 - 1943
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 4
1884 - 1942
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 5
1884 - 1948
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 6
1884 - 1948
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 7
1884 - 1973
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 8
1884 - 1942
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 9
1884 - 1968
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 10
1884 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 11
1884 - 1966
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 12
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 1
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 2
1894 - 1972
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 3
1898 - 1972
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 4
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 5
1899 - 1972
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 6
1895 - 1972
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 7
1894 - 1972
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 8
1885 - 1972
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 9
1906 - 1972
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 10
1889 - 1972
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 11
1909 - 1972
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Harry S. Truman ranks 64 out of 15,968. Before him are James Stewart (1908), Abraham Maslow (1908), Robert Frost (1874), John D. Rockefeller (1839), George W. Bush (1946), and John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928). After him are Judy Garland (1922), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Al Gore (1948), Toni Morrison (1931), Noam Chomsky (1928), and George H. W. Bush (1924).
1908 - 1997
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 58
1908 - 1970
HPI: 83.65
Rank: 59
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 60
1839 - 1937
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 61
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 62
1928 - 2015
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 63
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 64
1922 - 1969
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 65
1890 - 1969
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 66
1948 - Present
HPI: 83.21
Rank: 67
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 68
1928 - Present
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 69
1924 - 2018
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 70
Among politicians born in United States, Harry S. Truman ranks 16. Before him are Ronald Reagan (1911), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), James K. Polk (1795), George Washington (1732), Richard Nixon (1913), and George W. Bush (1946). After him are Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Al Gore (1948), George H. W. Bush (1924), Joe Biden (1942), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), and Bill Clinton (1946).
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.80
Rank: 10
1882 - 1945
HPI: 86.43
Rank: 11
1795 - 1849
HPI: 86.14
Rank: 12
1732 - 1799
HPI: 85.21
Rank: 13
1913 - 1994
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 14
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 15
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 16
1890 - 1969
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 17
1948 - Present
HPI: 83.21
Rank: 18
1924 - 2018
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 20
1858 - 1919
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 21
1946 - Present
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 22