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John Foster Dulles

1888 - 1959

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John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as United States secretary of state under president Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959. A member of the Republican Party, he was briefly a U.S. senator from New York in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Foster Dulles has received more than 2,315,218 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. John Foster Dulles is the 4,224th most popular politician (down from 3,844th in 2019), the 1,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,274th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Politician.

John Foster Dulles is most famous for being the Secretary of State for the Eisenhower administration. He was the architect of the Cold War policy of containment.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Foster Dulles ranks 4,224 out of 19,576. Before him are Tarpeia, Bohemond II of Antioch, Ko Yong-hui, László Rajk, Victoriano Huerta, and Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Kunigunde of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Gaston Thorn, and Charles Michel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, John Foster Dulles ranks 51. Before him are Ernst Kretschmer, Carin Göring, August Kubizek, Irving Berlin, Oskar Schlemmer, and Max Steiner. After him are Thea von Harbou, Heinrich Neuhaus, Georgios Papandreou, Tôn Đức Thắng, Nuri al-Said, and W. O. Bentley. Among people deceased in 1959, John Foster Dulles ranks 29. Before him are Alfred Kubin, Raphael Lemkin, Mike Hawthorn, Mario Lanza, Edward C. Tolman, and Ettore Majorana. After him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Wanda Landowska, Rudolf Caracciola, Sidney Bechet, and Ethel Barrymore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Foster Dulles ranks 1,342 out of 20,380. Before him are Fredric Brown (1906), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Britney Spears (1981), Adam West (1928), Richard Farnsworth (1920), and Richard Donner (1930). After him are Ben Gazzara (1930), Kris Kristofferson (1936), John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), Anthony Mann (1906), Robin Wright (1966), and Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Foster Dulles ranks 104. Before him are Allen Dulles (1893), Tecumseh (1768), Paul Ryan (1970), John Dickinson (1732), Cordell Hull (1871), and Eliot Ness (1903). After him are Charles G. Dawes (1865), Aaron Burr (1756), George Clinton (1739), Red Cloud (1822), Kalākaua (1836), and Walter Mondale (1928).

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