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Dean Rusk

1909 - 1994

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David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving secretary of state after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration. He had been a high government official in the 1940s and early 1950s, as well as the head of a leading foundation. Born to a poor farm family in Cherokee County, Georgia, on February 9, 1909, Rusk graduated from Davidson College and was a Rhodes scholar at St John's College, Oxford, where he immersed himself in English history and customs. After teaching at Mills College in California, he became an army officer in the war against Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Rusk is the 9,660th most popular politician (down from 9,164th in 2019), the 3,656th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,141st in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Dean Rusk ranks 9,660 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul Löbe, Telets of Bulgaria, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Ian Khama, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, and Leon of Sparta. After him are Alfonso II, Count of Provence, Areus I, Christine of Hesse, Winfield Scott, Matilda of Habsburg, and Evgeny Pashukanis.

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Among people born in 1909, Dean Rusk ranks 130. Before him are Atsushi Nakajima, Barry Goldwater, Gordon Bunshaft, Gerhard Gentzen, Morris Swadesh, and André Cayatte. After him are Milena Pavlović-Barili, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Hendrik Casimir, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ben Webster, and Sylvère Maes. Among people deceased in 1994, Dean Rusk ranks 135. Before him are Barry Sullivan, Lindsay Anderson, Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Enrique Líster, Giovanni Goria, and Alexander Shelepin. After him are Vazgen I, Elissa Aalto, Stuart Roosa, Russell Bufalino, Mai Zetterling, and Ivan Sidorenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Rusk ranks 3,656 out of 20,380. Before him are Mangas Coloradas (1792), Frank Wolff (1928), Joe Don Baker (1936), Carl Switzer (1927), Priscilla Chan (1985), and Gerry Mulligan (1927). After him are Katharine Graham (1917), Archie Shepp (1937), Winfield Scott (1786), Joan Jett (1958), Sam Wood (1883), and Geraldine Farrar (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dean Rusk ranks 311. Before him are John Carney (1956), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Doug Jones (1954), David Axelrod (1955), George Koval (1913), and Mangas Coloradas (1792). After him are Winfield Scott (1786), Bill Walker (1951), Edith Head (1897), Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), and Harry Hopkins (1890).

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