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Dwight F. Davis

1879 - 1945

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Dwight Filley Davis Sr. (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to 1925 and Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dwight F. Davis is the 7,681st most popular politician (down from 7,257th in 2019), the 2,817th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,349th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dwight F. Davis ranks 7,681 out of 19,576. Before him are Simeon Uroš, Giorgi Margvelashvili, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, Hümaşah Sultan, Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, and Abdul Ghani Baradar. After him are Margaret of Navarre, Mikuláš Dzurinda, Mwai Kibaki, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Histiaeus, and Olof Björnsson.

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Among people born in 1879, Dwight F. Davis ranks 71. Before him are Paul Poiret, Agrippina Vaganova, Samuel Goldwyn, Ethel Barrymore, Frederick Schule, and Alfred Korzybski. After him are William Fox, René Pottier, Bernhard Schmidt, Henri Wallon, Aleksandar Tsankov, and Eli Heckscher. Among people deceased in 1945, Dwight F. Davis ranks 143. Before him are Gustav Flatow, Alexander Siloti, Otto Kittel, Korechika Anami, Zinaida Gippius, and Walther Hewel. After him are Gerhard Schmidhuber, Vilém Mathesius, Nikolai Berzarin, Alfréd Schaffer, Avgustyn Voloshyn, and Karl Fritzsch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dwight F. Davis ranks 2,817 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregg Popovich (1949), Nile Rodgers (1952), John Sloan (1871), John Barth (1930), Roscoe Arbuckle (1887), and Ken Norton (1943). After him are Richard Hatch (1945), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Carolyn Jones (1930), Henry H. Arnold (1886), Ron Johnson (1955), and Terry Riley (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dwight F. Davis ranks 242. Before him are Loretta Lynch (1959), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Ella Grasso (1919), Jeb Bush (1953), Richard Bassett (1745), and Avery Brundage (1887). After him are Ron Johnson (1955), Ron DeSantis (1978), Julia Grant (1826), Tom Price (1954), Bob Bennett (1933), and Muriel Humphrey Brown (1912).

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