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W. Averell Harriman

1891 - 1986

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William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. He founded Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and was the 48th governor of New York, as well as a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1952 and 1956. Throughout his career, he was a key foreign policy advisor to Democratic presidents. Harriman was born to a wealthy family as the son of railroad baron E. H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. Averell Harriman has received more than 1,479,101 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). W. Averell Harriman is the 11,659th most popular politician (down from 11,239th in 2019), the 4,726th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,944th in 2019) and the 301st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, W. Averell Harriman ranks 11,659 out of 15,577. Before him are Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Anne of York, Ashur-nirari III, Edmund Muskie, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, and Margherita Maria Farnese. After him are Juha Sipilä, Constantina, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Sitdjehuti, Lutipri, and Ion Gigurtu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, W. Averell Harriman ranks 151. Before him are William F. Albright, Elvira de Hidalgo, Sultan al-Atrash, Franz Kaiser, Zora Neale Hurston, and Miguel Pro. After him are Galaktion Tabidze, Harald Öhquist, Ágnes Esterházy, Carl Spaatz, José Enrique Varela, and Federico Moreno Torroba. Among people deceased in 1986, W. Averell Harriman ranks 134. Before him are Anatoly Marchenko, Herma Szabo, Roy Cohn, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Hank Mobley, and Adolfo Baloncieri. After him are Broderick Crawford, Ilmari Salminen, Harald Reinl, Fumiko Enchi, Lars-Erik Larsson, and Gaston Defferre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. Averell Harriman ranks 4,726 out of 18,182. Before him are Jimi Jamison (1951), Jonathan Winters (1925), Layne Staley (1967), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), and Edmund Muskie (1914). After him are Zakk Wylde (1967), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Gregg Henry (1952), Marc Lawrence (1910), Sam Anderson (1945), and Anne Haney (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, W. Averell Harriman ranks 301. Before him are Lee Friedlander (1934), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), George Andrew Reisner (1867), Janet Jagan (1920), Grace Coolidge (1879), and Edmund Muskie (1914). After him are Strom Thurmond (1902), Edmund Randolph (1753), John Hay (1838), Dianne Feinstein (1933), Patrick Leahy (1940), and Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818).

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