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Sumner Welles

1892 - 1961

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Benjamin Sumner Welles (October 14, 1892 – September 24, 1961) was an American government official and diplomat. He was a major foreign policy adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State from 1936 to 1943, during Roosevelt's presidency. Born in New York City to a wealthy, well-connected political family, Welles graduated from Harvard College in 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sumner Welles has received more than 348,189 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sumner Welles is the 80th most popular diplomat, the 11,543rd most popular biography from United States and the 19th most popular American Diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Sumner Welles ranks 80 out of 90. Before him are Ri Yong-ho, Vasily Nebenzya, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, Wendy Sherman, Adolph Dubs, and Peter Maurer. After him are Janez Lenarčič, Zhao Lijian, Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, Thomas A. Shannon Jr., and Ibrahim Gambari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Sumner Welles ranks 292. Before him are Nico Bouvy, Harry Mallin, Augusta Savage, István Lichteneckert, Bjarne Johnsen, and William Demarest. After him are Patricia Collinge, Robert Ellis, Hoot Gibson, Franciszek Szymczyk, Alan Hale Sr., and Mirabehn. Among people deceased in 1961, Sumner Welles ranks 199. Before him are Harry Ryan, Anne Sewell Young, Albert Oldman, Dorothy Thompson, George Simpson, and Kazimierz Laskowski. After him are George S. Kaufman, Arnstein Arneberg, Charles Erwin Wilson, George Formby, Maribel Vinson, and Tommy Gorman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sumner Welles ranks 11,543 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Oher (1986), Alan Baxter (1908), Milt Campbell (1933), Kathryn Erbe (1965), Tom Paxton (1937), and George Bonhag (1882). After him are Oscar Levant (1906), Ann Coulter (1961), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (1969), Louie Bellson (1924), Bob Burns (1950), and Robert Warwick (1878).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Sumner Welles ranks 19. Before him are Joseph Grew (1880), Edward M. House (1858), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Richard Armitage (1945), Wendy Sherman (1949), and Adolph Dubs (1920). After him are Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), and Barbara Barrett (1950).

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