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Adlai Stevenson II

1900 - 1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956, losing both elections to Dwight D. Eisenhower in landslides. Stevenson was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson, the 23rd vice president of the United States. He was raised in Bloomington, Illinois, and was a member of the Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adlai Stevenson II is the 14th most popular diplomat (up from 60th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,023rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 14 out of 90. Before him are Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alexandra Kollontai, John R. Bolton, Raoul Wallenberg, Antony Blinken, and Ferdinand de Lesseps. After him are Mohamed ElBaradei, Madeleine Albright, Lucien Bonaparte, Alva Myrdal, Folke Bernadotte, and Jean Kennedy Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 21. Before him are Gladwyn Jebb, Dennis Gabor, Spencer Tracy, Heinrich Müller, Eyvind Johnson, and Giorgos Seferis. After him are Margaret Mitchell, Vasily Chuikov, Urho Kekkonen, Adolf Dassler, Jacques Prévert, and Maria of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 1965, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 14. Before him are Albert Schweitzer, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, Eli Cohen, Hermann Staudinger, and Stan Laurel. After him are Edgard Varèse, Paul Hermann Müller, Moshe Sharett, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and Maxime Weygand.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 431 out of 20,380. Before him are James Rainwater (1917), Henry Miller (1891), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), Michael Jordan (1963), Martin Sheen (1940), and Jack Lemmon (1925). After him are Frank Zappa (1940), Mary Cassatt (1844), Bette Davis (1908), 50 Cent (1975), Bruce Springsteen (1949), and Robert F. Kennedy (1925).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Adlai Stevenson II ranks 5. Before him are Pocahontas (1595), John Jay (1745), John R. Bolton (1948), and Antony Blinken (1962). After him are Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), George F. Kennan (1904), William J. Burns (1956), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Dean Acheson (1893), Richard Holbrooke (1941), and Richard Armitage (1945).

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