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George McGovern

1922 - 2012

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George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives for two terms representing South Dakota's 1st congressional district from 1957 to 1961, the director of Food for Peace in 1961 and 1962 under John F. Kennedy, and a member of the United States Senate from for three terms from 1963 to 1981, and was the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 U.S. presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he became a renowned debater. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II. As a B-24 Liberator pilot, he flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe from a base in Italy. Among the medals he received was a Distinguished Flying Cross for making a hazardous emergency landing of his damaged plane and saving his crew. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George McGovern is the 10,467th most popular politician (up from 10,742nd in 2019), the 4,037th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,850th in 2019) and the 346th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, George McGovern ranks 10,468 out of 19,576. Before him are Decentius, Xiao Jia, Dedumose I, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, and Edgars Rinkēvičs. After him are Elizabeth Warren, Adolf Wagner, Tommy Lapid, Farrokhroo Parsa, and Odilo, Duke of Bavaria.

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Among people born in 1922, George McGovern ranks 188. Before him are Egon Bahr, Dilip Kumar, Shovkat Alakbarova, Virgilio Noè, Georges Cottier, and Bob Anderson. After him are Farrokhroo Parsa, Eileen Essell, Eusebio Tejera, Jackie Cooper, George Knobel, and Manuel Fraga. Among people deceased in 2012, George McGovern ranks 161. Before him are Geoffrey Hughes, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Bob Anderson, and Maxim of Bulgaria. After him are Pavel Grachev, Ivica Horvat, Adrienne Rich, George Knobel, Josef Škvorecký, and Friedrich Hirzebruch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George McGovern ranks 4,037 out of 20,380. Before him are Kit Carson (1809), Tallulah Bankhead (1902), Alan Hale Sr. (1892), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), Chris Tucker (1971), and Frederic Edwin Church (1826). After him are Elizabeth Warren (1949), Delmer Daves (1904), Jean Acker (1893), Carey Lowell (1961), Donn F. Eisele (1930), and Sue Lyon (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George McGovern ranks 346. Before him are Scott Walker (1967), Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818), Newt Gingrich (1943), Maurice Hilleman (1919), Horace Greeley (1811), and William Joyce (1906). After him are Elizabeth Warren (1949), Joseph B. Foraker (1846), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Jesse Ventura (1951), Charles Foster (1828), and Lynne Cheney (1941).

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