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W. Averell Harriman

1891 - 1986

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William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986) was an American politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was a founder of investment bank, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and was the 48th governor of New York. He sought the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1952 and 1956 but was unsuccessful. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. Averell Harriman has received more than 1,639,955 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). W. Averell Harriman is the 11,788th most popular politician (down from 11,624th in 2019), the 4,423rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,714th in 2019) and the 290th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, W. Averell Harriman ranks 11,788 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Colville Young, Urien, John the Orphanotrophos, and John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch. After him are Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Vineh of Bulgaria, Chen Jiongming, Hugh IX of Lusignan, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, and Sitt al-Mulk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, W. Averell Harriman ranks 149. Before him are Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Charles Bickford, Scott Bradley, Alberto Savinio, Ágnes Esterházy, and Zora Neale Hurston. After him are Charley Patton, Victoria Kent, Franz Kaiser, Adolf Busch, Emil Julius Gumbel, and Galaktion Tabidze. Among people deceased in 1986, W. Averell Harriman ranks 132. Before him are Adolfo Baloncieri, Mika Antić, Valerian Zorin, D. R. Kaprekar, Teddy Wilson, and Moses Finley. After him are Lili Kraus, Ilmari Salminen, Keenan Wynn, Yasuzo Masumura, Broderick Crawford, and Ivan Papanin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. Averell Harriman ranks 4,423 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur O'Connell (1908), Cat Power (1972), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), John Finn (1952), Claire Danes (1979), and Elmer Drew Merrill (1876). After him are Billie Burke (1884), Mayim Bialik (1975), Bell hooks (1952), Alan Wilson (1943), Bud Abbott (1897), and Cynthia Rhodes (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, W. Averell Harriman ranks 290. Before him are Newt Gingrich (1943), Jeannette Rankin (1880), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Schuyler Colfax (1823), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), and Moses Finley (1912). After him are Kevin McCarthy (1965), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Edmund Muskie (1914), Jubal Early (1816), Clyde Tolson (1900), and Augustine Washington (1694).

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