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Gus Hall

1910 - 2000

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Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was an American activist who served as the general secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) from 1959 to 2000. As a labor leader, Hall was closely associated with the so-called "Little Steel" Strike of 1937, an effort to unionize the nation's smaller, regional steel manufacturers. During the Second Red Scare, he was indicted under the Smith Act and was sentenced to eight years in prison. After his release, Hall led the CPUSA for over 40 years, generally taking an orthodox Marxist–Leninist stance and becoming a perennial candidate for president of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Gus Hall is the 13,260th most popular politician (down from 11,239th in 2024), the 5,869th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,097th in 2019) and the 476th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gus Hall ranks 13,260 out of 19,576. Before him are Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Artatama II, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Alfrēds Rubiks, Bryachislav of Polotsk, and Carlo Contarini. After him are Ólafur Jóhannesson, Giovanni Gradenigo, Jigme Thinley, Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ali Larijani, and Emil Boc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Gus Hall ranks 214. Before him are Peter Pears, Fei Xiaotong, Lupita Tovar, Erkki Aaltonen, Herminio Masantonio, and Douglas Bader. After him are Gaston Defferre, Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Fritzi Burger, Marc Lawrence, and Carlo Orlandi. Among people deceased in 2000, Gus Hall ranks 175. Before him are Charles Gray, George Segal, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Patricia Jones, Liane Haid, and Mark Oliphant. After him are Carmen Martín Gaite, Ioannis Andreou, Henry Eriksson, Ansumane Mané, Antti Hyvärinen, and Julie London.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gus Hall ranks 5,869 out of 20,380. Before him are Haskell Curry (1900), Sam J. Jones (1954), Richard N. Frye (1920), Walter Sutton (1877), Ralph Hartley (1888), and Ernest Fenollosa (1853). After him are Arleigh Burke (1901), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Michael Cole (1968), Mark Tornillo (1954), Paul J. Weitz (1932), and Syd Field (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gus Hall ranks 476. Before him are George Andrew Reisner (1867), Gina Raimondo (1971), Emily Donelson (1807), Helen Herron Taft (1861), Dianne Feinstein (1933), and Ambrose Burnside (1824). After him are Chuck Hagel (1946), John Lynch (1952), Jay Garner (1938), Lucretia Garfield (1832), Oliver North (1943), and Pete Rose (1941).

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