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Dean Acheson

1893 - 1971

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Dean Gooderham Acheson ( ATCH-iss-ən; April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American politician and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. Secretary of State, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was also Truman's main foreign policy advisor from 1945 to 1947 during early years of the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Acheson is the 39th most popular diplomat (down from 38th in 2019), the 2,432nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,239th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Dean Acheson ranks 39 out of 90. Before him are J. Christopher Stevens, Giovanni Villani, Hans Blix, Édith Cresson, George Blake, and Yukiya Amano. After him are Porfirio Rubirosa, Mikhail Borodin, Richard Holbrooke, Friedrich Martens, Martin Luther, and Amr Moussa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Dean Acheson ranks 72. Before him are Wilhelm Zaisser, Federico Mompou, Carl Værnet, Conrad Veidt, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, and Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz. After him are Richard Dix, Nicholas J. Spykman, Roman Ingarden, William Dieterle, Kurt Huber, and Mário de Andrade. Among people deceased in 1971, Dean Acheson ranks 52. Before him are Diane Arbus, Raoul Hausmann, Van Heflin, Heinz Lammerding, Richard Russell Jr., and Helene Weigel. After him are Carlos P. Garcia, Edie Sedgwick, Ub Iwerks, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Philippe Thys, and Archduchess Adelheid of Austria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Acheson ranks 2,432 out of 20,380. Before him are Chadwick Boseman (1977), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Irving Penn (1917), Jason Momoa (1979), Joel Silver (1952), and Jermaine Jackson (1954). After him are Karen Grassle (1942), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), Billy Hayes (1947), Marisa Tomei (1964), and Eddie Cochran (1938).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Dean Acheson ranks 10. Before him are Antony Blinken (1962), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), George F. Kennan (1904), William J. Burns (1956), and J. Christopher Stevens (1960). After him are Richard Holbrooke (1941), Richard Armitage (1945), Ralph Bunche (1904), Victoria Nuland (1961), Joseph Grew (1880), and Edward M. House (1858).

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