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Wendell Willkie

1892 - 1944

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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendell Willkie has received more than 1,656,069 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Wendell Willkie is the 70th most popular lawyer (down from 57th in 2019), the 6,362nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,560th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Lawyer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Wendell Willkie ranks 70 out of 136. Before him are James B. Donovan, Abdulqawi Yusuf, William Rehnquist, John Selden, Koen Lenaerts, and Navi Pillay. After him are Henry de Bracton, Lawrence Lessig, Merrick Garland, Mercedes Comaposada, Michael Cohen, and Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Wendell Willkie ranks 214. Before him are Mykhaylo Semenko, Gaetano Belloni, James Van Fleet, Henry Macintosh, Alexander Chervyakov, and Grigory Shajn. After him are Walter Bathe, Vilmos Apor, Gerhard Rohlfs, Graciliano Ramos, Jaan Kikkas, and Milena Rudnytska. Among people deceased in 1944, Wendell Willkie ranks 247. Before him are Jean Cavaillès, Wim Anderiesen, Oszkár Gerde, E. O. Plauen, Henry Wood, and Pierre Brossolette. After him are Victor Basch, Rudolf Harbig, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Jaan Kikkas, and Shigeo Arai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendell Willkie ranks 6,362 out of 20,380. Before him are Priscilla Lane (1915), Masten Gregory (1932), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Michael Kremer (1964), Lynn Conway (1938), and Jane Greer (1924). After him are Barbara La Marr (1896), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Hunter Tylo (1962), Bobby Womack (1944), Patti Scialfa (1953), and Amos Bronson Alcott (1799).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Wendell Willkie ranks 14. Before him are Paul Alexander (1946), Louis Brandeis (1856), Roy Cohn (1927), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), James B. Donovan (1916), and William Rehnquist (1924). After him are Lawrence Lessig (1961), Merrick Garland (1952), Michael Cohen (1966), Clarence Darrow (1857), Ken Starr (1946), and Doug Emhoff (1964).

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