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Thomas Watson Jr.

1914 - 1993

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Thomas John Watson Jr. (January 14, 1914 – December 31, 1993) was an American businessman, diplomat, Army Air Forces pilot, and philanthropist. The son of IBM Corporation founder Thomas J. Watson, he was the second IBM president (1952–71), the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1964–68), and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–81). He received many honors during his lifetime, including being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Watson Jr. has received more than 294,526 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Thomas Watson Jr. is the 15,639th most popular politician (down from 14,783rd in 2019), the 8,344th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,502nd in 2019) and the 532nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 19

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  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 15,639 out of 19,576. Before him are Eugenio Scalfari, Andrea Montermini, Agustín Morales, Stanislaw Tillich, Mohamed Amin Didi, and Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello. After him are Apolo Nsibambi, Max Streibl, Plamen Oresharski, Gudrun Schyman, M. K. Stalin, and Michael Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 323. Before him are Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Tsuneko Sasamoto, William Grut, Armen Alchian, Michael Grant, and Kaisa Parviainen. After him are Frankie Manning, Sueo Ōe, Mircea David, Ersilio Tonini, David Goodall, and Harry Winter. Among people deceased in 1993, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 239. Before him are Kenneth Burke, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Mia Zapata, Paul Grégoire, Utpal Dutt, and Aleks Buda. After him are Zeno Colò, Mircea David, Rıfat Ilgaz, Viola Myers, Edera Cordiale, and Innes Ireland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 8,344 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Tom M. Apostol (1923), MrBeast (1998), Steven Millhauser (1943), Vince Gallagher (1899), and Eric Trump (1984). After him are Heather Langenkamp (1964), Rosa Salazar (1985), Juliette Atkinson (1873), Mr. Fuji (1934), Paul A. Rothchild (1935), and Victor Argo (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 532. Before him are C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), Clark Clifford (1906), Harlow Curtice (1893), George Bancroft (1800), Clare Boothe Luce (1903), and Jesse Helms (1921). After him are Marco Rubio (1971), George Pataki (1945), Richard Olney (1835), Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886), William Bradford (1755), and Kari Lake (1969).

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