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George Marshall

1880 - 1959

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George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, then served as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense under Truman. Winston Churchill lauded Marshall as the "organizer of victory" for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II. During the subsequent year, he unsuccessfully tried to prevent the continuation of the Chinese Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Marshall is the 167th most popular politician (up from 975th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from United States (up from 281st in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Politician.

George Marshall is most famous for his leadership of the Allied Forces in World War II, and for being the architect of the post-war European recovery.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Marshall ranks 167 out of 19,576. Before him are Silvio Berlusconi, Lorenzo de' Medici, Titus, Diocletian, Hatshepsut, and Hermann Göring. After him are Mary, Queen of Scots, Mark Antony, Vespasian, Skanderbeg, John Major, and Amenhotep III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, George Marshall ranks 1. After him are Helen Keller, Guillaume Apollinaire, Alfred Wegener, Douglas MacArthur, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Fedor von Bock, John Boyd Orr, Robert Musil, Oswald Spengler, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc. Among people deceased in 1959, George Marshall ranks 1. After him are Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Owen Willans Richardson, Stepan Bandera, Adolf Windaus, Frank Lloyd Wright, Cecil B. DeMille, Ante Pavelić, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Gérard Philipe, Bohuslav Martinů, and Billie Holiday.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Marshall ranks 50 out of 20,380. Before him are Ernest Hemingway (1899), Al Gore (1948), George W. Bush (1946), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Walt Disney (1901), and Maria Callas (1923). After him are Mark Twain (1835), Aretha Franklin (1942), Janis Joplin (1943), Robert De Niro (1943), John Wilkes Booth (1838), and Harry S. Truman (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Marshall ranks 19. Before him are John F. Kennedy (1917), Joe Biden (1942), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), Benjamin Franklin (1706), Al Gore (1948), and George W. Bush (1946). After him are Harry S. Truman (1884), Bill Clinton (1946), Richard Nixon (1913), Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), George H. W. Bush (1924), and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890).

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