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Donald Regan

1918 - 2003

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Donald Thomas Regan (December 21, 1918 – June 10, 2003) was an American government official and business executive who served as the 66th United States secretary of the treasury from 1981 to 1985 and as the 11th White House chief of staff from 1985 to 1987 under Ronald Reagan. Regan studied at Harvard University before he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1946, he began to work for Merrill Lynch, serving as its chairman and CEO from 1971 to 1980. In the Reagan administration, Regan advocated "Reaganomics" and tax cuts as a means to create jobs and to stimulate production. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Regan is the 15,860th most popular politician (down from 15,829th in 2019), the 8,826th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,674th in 2019) and the 677th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Donald Regan ranks 15,860 out of 19,576Before him are James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, Laila Freivalds, Marco Maciel, Jenny Shipley, and Bonfoh Abass. After him are Jean-Max Bellerive, Ichikawa Fusae, Jeremiah S. Black, Rose Christiane Raponda, Luc-Adolphe Tiao, and Franco Frattini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Donald Regan ranks 264Before him are Avery Dulles, Rand Brooks, Viktor Talalikhin, Jeanne Bates, Johnnie Parsons, and Enrique Tierno Galván. After him are Adolph Kiefer, Stubby Kaye, Thelma Coyne Long, Luis Alcoriza, Göte Hagström, and Edward Craven Walker. Among people deceased in 2003, Donald Regan ranks 287Before him are Jaime Ramírez, Jonathan Brandis, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, Ottorino Volonterio, Joseph Saidu Momoh, and Rand Brooks. After him are Franklin Farrell, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Valentin Gavrilov, Elliott Smith, Conrad Hall, and Jesse Carver.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Regan ranks 8,828 out of 20,380Before him are Jack Gilford (1908), Ben Stein (1944), Bobbi Starr (1983), Zack Ryder (1985), Jerry O'Connell (1974), and Bernie Leadon (1947). After him are Jeremiah S. Black (1810), Stan Musial (1920), Jerry Rubin (1938), Gloria Hendry (1949), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), and Mick Foley (1965).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Donald Regan ranks 677Before him are Kari Lake (1969), Porter Goss (1938), Earl Browder (1891), Jesse Helms (1921), Gaylord Nelson (1916), and H. R. Haldeman (1926). After him are Jeremiah S. Black (1810), Lewis Cass (1782), George Deukmejian (1928), Morrison Waite (1816), John Boehner (1949), and Franklin Farrell (1908).