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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 1,521,322 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wendell Willkie is the 57th most popular lawyer (down from 51st in 2019), the 5,572nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,381st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Wendell Willkie ranks 57 out of 68Before him are Henry de Bracton, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., William Rehnquist, Louis Brandeis, Lawrence Lessig, and Koen Lenaerts. After him are Clarence Darrow, John Selden, Abdulqawi Yusuf, Ken Starr, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, and George Hadley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Wendell Willkie ranks 189Before him are Mahadev Desai, Mississippi John Hurt, Ólafur Thors, Hal Foster, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, and Jaan Kikkas. After him are Peter Doi, Ludwig Berger, P. C. Chang, Stanisław Ostrowski, Jean de Bie, and Alexander Chervyakov. Among people deceased in 1944, Wendell Willkie ranks 216Before him are Yevgeniya Rudneva, Henry Wood, Aino Ackté, Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, Jędrzej Moraczewski, and Jaan Kikkas. After him are Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Arthur Blake, Pierre Brossolette, Dietrich Kraiss, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, and Andrey Toshev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendell Willkie ranks 5,572 out of 18,182Before him are Will Rogers (1879), Tony Accardo (1906), Ray Allen (1975), Daniel Webster (1782), Zane Grey (1872), and Robert Towne (1934). After him are George Calnan (1900), Paul Theroux (1941), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Joseph Brant (1742), and Bonnie Bartlett (1929).

Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Wendell Willkie ranks 13Before him are Roy Cohn (1927), Leo Frank (1884), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), William Rehnquist (1924), Louis Brandeis (1856), and Lawrence Lessig (1961). After him are Clarence Darrow (1857), Ken Starr (1946), Michael Cohen (1966), Merrick Garland (1952), Christopher A. Wray (1966), and Doug Emhoff (1964).