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George H. W. Bush

1924 - 2018

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George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan and previously in various other federal positions. Born into a wealthy, established family in Milton, Massachusetts, Bush was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. He attended Phillips Academy and served as a pilot in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II before graduating from Yale and moving to West Texas, where he established oil company Zapata Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George H. W. Bush is the 235th most popular politician (down from 209th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from United States (down from 68th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Politician.

George H. W. Bush was the 41st president of the United States and served from 1989 to 1993. He is most famous for ending the Cold War and for being the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.

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Among politicians, George H. W. Bush ranks 235 out of 19,576. Before him are Mithridates VI of Pontus, Murad IV, Manmohan Singh, Jacques Chirac, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and Sonia Gandhi. After him are Hosni Mubarak, Abdul Hamid II, Möngke Khan, Henry III of France, Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, and Clovis I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, George H. W. Bush ranks 3. Before him are Jimmy Carter, and Marlon Brando. After him are Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, Truman Capote, Robert Mugabe, Allan MacLeod Cormack, and Eli Cohen. Among people deceased in 2018, George H. W. Bush ranks 3. Before him are Stephen Hawking, and Aretha Franklin. After him are Barbara Bush, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kofi Annan, Charles Aznavour, Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Kamprad, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Stan Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George H. W. Bush ranks 72 out of 20,380. Before him are George R. R. Martin (1948), Bob Dylan (1941), Richard Nixon (1913), Bill Gates (1955), David Lynch (1946), and Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927). After him are Henry Ford (1863), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), Barbara Bush (1925), and Kurt Vonnegut (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George H. W. Bush ranks 24. Before him are George W. Bush (1946), George Marshall (1880), Harry S. Truman (1884), Bill Clinton (1946), Richard Nixon (1913), and Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927). After him are Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Barbara Bush (1925), Barack Obama (1961), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Woodrow Wilson (1856), and Gerald Ford (1913).

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