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Ben Bradlee

1921 - 2014

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Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (August 26, 1921 – October 21, 2014) was an American journalist who served as managing editor and later as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991. He became a public figure when the Post joined The New York Times in publishing the Pentagon Papers and gave the go-ahead for the paper's extensive coverage of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. He was also criticized for editorial lapses when the Post had to return a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 after it discovered that its award-winning story was false. After his retirement, Bradlee continued to be associated with the Post, holding the position of Vice President at-large until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Bradlee is the 196th most popular businessperson (up from 530th in 2019), the 2,299th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,298th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Ben Bradlee ranks 196 out of 847. Before him are François-Henri Pinault, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Hetty Green, and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. After him are Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Thomas J. Watson, Fredrik Idestam, Lee Iacocca, Peter Sauber, and Peter Thiel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Ben Bradlee ranks 108. Before him are Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Maurice Richard, Betty Friedan, Nino Manfredi, Leonardo Sciascia, and Mary Douglas. After him are Jaroslav Drobný, Hannah Szenes, Gavriil Ilizarov, Ariel Ramírez, George Roy Hill, and Gene Roddenberry. Among people deceased in 2014, Ben Bradlee ranks 89. Before him are Billy Milligan, B. K. S. Iyengar, Siegfried Lenz, Gabriel Axel, Jean-Luc Dehaene, and Alice Herz-Sommer. After him are Oscar de la Renta, Stuart Hall, Gottfried John, Ralph H. Baer, Valeri Kubasov, and Christopher Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Bradlee ranks 2,299 out of 20,380. Before him are Lucille Ball (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Ernie Hudson (1945), Jerry West (1938), Eric Maskin (1950), and John G. Thompson (1932). After him are Sarah Rose Karr (1984), Luke Perry (1966), Marcia Cross (1962), Owen Wilson (1968), John Phillips (1935), and Woody Strode (1914).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ben Bradlee ranks 70. Before him are Bernard Baruch (1870), Sheldon Adelson (1933), Walter Chrysler (1875), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Henry Ford II (1917), and Hetty Green (1834). After him are Thomas J. Watson (1874), Lee Iacocca (1924), Roy Raymond (1947), Robert Trump (1948), Ted Turner (1938), and Tom Wolf (1948).

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