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Eunice Kennedy Shriver

1921 - 2009

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Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (née Kennedy; July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009) was an American philanthropist. Shriver was a member of the Kennedy family by birth, and a member of the Shriver family through her marriage to Sargent Shriver, who was the United States Ambassador to France and the final Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972. She was a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith. Shriver nationalized the Special Olympics, a sports organization conceived for persons with intellectual disabilities. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the 9,054th most popular politician (down from 6,747th in 2019), the 3,367th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,184th in 2019) and the 291st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eunice Kennedy Shriver ranks 9,054 out of 19,576Before her are Prospero Colonna, Adur Narseh, Thongsing Thammavong, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Julius Raab, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg. After her are Andrés de Santa Cruz, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Abimelech, Ahmed Jibril, Matteo Salvini, and Jovan Divjak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Eunice Kennedy Shriver ranks 151Before her are Abe Vigoda, Ilse Aichinger, Daniel Gélin, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Manitas de Plata, and Louis Lachenal. After her are Malcolm Arnold, Sixto Durán Ballén, Alex Haley, Esther Williams, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Deanna Durbin. Among people deceased in 2009, Eunice Kennedy Shriver ranks 113Before her are Tomislav Crnković, Pierre Gamarra, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Claude Berri, Hélio Gracie, and Edward Schillebeeckx. After her are Tayeb Salih, Henry Allingham, Merce Cunningham, Rosanna Schiaffino, Vasily Aksyonov, and Bea Arthur.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eunice Kennedy Shriver ranks 3,367 out of 20,380Before her are Tom Hulce (1953), John Blair Jr. (1732), Katie Holmes (1978), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Cicely Tyson (1924), and Dick Scobee (1939). After her are Joel Grey (1932), Frank Stallone (1950), John Glover (1944), John Amos (1939), Bob Lanier (1948), and D. J. Caruso (1965).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Eunice Kennedy Shriver ranks 291Before her are Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747), James S. Sherman (1855), John Canfield Spencer (1788), Larry Hogan (1956), Brad Little (1954), and John Blair Jr. (1732). After her are Bruce Rauner (1957), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Harry Dexter White (1892), Florence Harding (1860), Besse Cooper (1896), and Peter G. Peterson (1926).