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Abraham Beame

1906 - 2001

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Abraham David Beame (né Birnbaum; March 20, 1906 – February 10, 2001) was an English-born American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who served from 1974 to 1977 as the 104th mayor of New York City. Beame presided over the city during the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Beame is the 17,816th most popular politician (down from 17,194th in 2024), the 6,053rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,539th in 2019) and the 666th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Abraham Beame ranks 17,811 out of 19,576. Before him are Bharrat Jagdeo. After him are Zilya Valeeva, Irina Vlah, Hussein Farrah Aidid, Larry Craig, Péter Márki-Zay, Dennis Skinner, Irakli Okruashvili, James Abourezk, Arlen Specter, Russell Carpenter, and Wade Hampton III.

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Among people born in 1906, Abraham Beame ranks 430. Before him are Mauri Rose, William Bendix, Oscar Levant, S. I. Hayakawa, Hiram Fong, and Richard van der Riet Woolley. After him are Catherine Cookson, Elisabeth Lutyens, Einar Haugen, Barbara Bennett, Esmond Knight, and Donald Woods. Among people deceased in 2001, Abraham Beame ranks 340. Before him are Imogene Coca, Régine Cavagnoud, Leamon King, Bertie Mee, Tom Kilburn, and Fred Neil. After him are Ken Hughes, Viktor Yakushev, Ronnie Allen, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Arlene Francis, and Dale Evans.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Abraham Beame ranks 6,055 out of 8,785. Before him are Josh Herdman (1987), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), Stuart Christie (1946), Anthony Davidson (1979), Anna Burns (1962), and Andrew Morton (1959). After him are Ledley King (1980), Micah Richards (1988), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Sasha (1969), Dennis Skinner (1932), and Jack Draper (2001).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Abraham Beame ranks 666. Before him are John Bercow (1963), Selwyn Lloyd (1904), Shirley Williams (1930), Kemi Badenoch (1980), Nick Leeson (1967), and John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847). After him are Dennis Skinner (1932), Owen Smith (1970), Nellie Sengupta (1886), Michael Fallon (1952), David Davis (1948), and Iain Duncan Smith (1954).

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