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James Forrestal

1892 - 1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle-class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Forrestal has received more than 1,607,951 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James Forrestal is the 10,076th most popular politician (down from 8,971st in 2019), the 3,518th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,215th in 2019) and the 224th most popular American Politician.

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  • 3.83

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Forrestal ranks 10,076 out of 19,576. Before him are Francisco León de la Barra, Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Steve Bannon, Pietro Loredan, and Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus, Ricardo Martinelli, Archidamus IV, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Albert Apponyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, James Forrestal ranks 139. Before him are Henry Darger, Ivan Tyulenev, Peljidiin Genden, Ahmad Javad, Charles Nungesser, and Adolf Ziegler. After him are Lucien Buysse, Alfredo Foglino, Victor de Sabata, Otto Nerz, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, and Roberto Farinacci. Among people deceased in 1949, James Forrestal ranks 83. Before him are Othon Friesz, Ivan Poddubny, Joaquín Torres-García, Infanta Blanca of Spain, Lead Belly, and Amadeo Giannini. After him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Kanji Ishiwara, Boris Asafyev, Tan Malaka, Otto Nerz, and Martin Knudsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Forrestal ranks 3,518 out of 20,380. Before him are Al Green (1946), Arthur Janov (1924), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), Steve Bannon (1953), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), and Andrew Taylor Still (1828). After him are Aaron Paul (1979), Rufus Wainwright (1973), John Zerzan (1943), Wayne Knight (1955), Pernell Roberts (1928), and Maria Tallchief (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James Forrestal ranks 224. Before him are Bill Nelson (1942), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Besse Cooper (1896), James R. Schlesinger (1929), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), and Steve Bannon (1953). After him are Marie Smith Jones (1918), Robert Lansing (1864), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Dolley Madison (1768), Kamehameha V (1830), and Bobby Jones (1902).

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