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Thomas S. Gates Jr.

1906 - 1983

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Thomas Sovereign Gates Jr. (April 10, 1906 – March 25, 1983) was an American politician and diplomat who served as Secretary of Defense from 1959 to 1961 and Secretary of the Navy from 1957 to 1959, both under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. During his tenure as Secretary of Defense, he established a task force to set nuclear target priorities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas S. Gates Jr. has received more than 145,432 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas S. Gates Jr. is the 16,799th most popular politician, the 10,640th most popular biography from United States and the 697th most popular American Politician.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

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  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas S. Gates Jr. ranks 16,799 out of 19,576. Before him are Carlos Gutierrez, Eugène Camara, Shamshi-Adad III, Morcar, Xavier Becerra, and Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah. After him are Komi Sélom Klassou, Tomas Gustafson, Rosa Díez, Kenneth O. Hall, Gerd Müller, and Pavel Ploc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Thomas S. Gates Jr. ranks 399. Before him are Vincent Sherman, Anna Dresden-Polak, Pedro Bergés, Klaus Egge, Daulat Singh Kothari, and Barbara Bennett. After him are René Fernández, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Ted Morgan, Paul Winter, Giovanni D'Anzi, and Leo Halle. Among people deceased in 1983, Thomas S. Gates Jr. ranks 251. Before him are Eubie Blake, Rezső Somlai, Stefan Skoumal, Rudolf Kotormány, Franco Trincavelli, and Frank Forde. After him are Lynn Fontanne, Merle Travis, Kai Winding, Alice White, Henry M. Jackson, and James Workman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas S. Gates Jr. ranks 10,640 out of 20,380. Before him are Ward Kimball (1914), Xavier Becerra (1958), Jason Earles (1977), Donny Osmond (1957), Lester Bangs (1948), and Francis X. Bushman (1883). After him are Chuck Billy (1962), Justin McCarthy (1899), Joanna Going (1963), Arthur Jensen (1923), John August Anderson (1876), and Bruce Baumgartner (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Thomas S. Gates Jr. ranks 697. Before him are Joe Arpaio (1932), Anthony Lake (1939), Barbara Mikulski (1936), Frank Church (1924), Richard Blumenthal (1946), and Xavier Becerra (1958). After him are G. William Miller (1925), Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746), Michael D. Griffin (1949), John C. Stennis (1901), Susan Rice (1964), and Nathaniel P. Banks (1816).

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