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Harry Hopkins

1890 - 1946

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Harold Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal relief programs before serving as the eighth United States secretary of commerce from 1938 to 1940 and as Roosevelt's chief foreign policy advisor and liaison to Allied leaders during World War II. During his career, Hopkins supervised the New York Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Civil Works Administration, and the Works Progress Administration, which he built into the largest employer in the United States. He later oversaw the $50 billion Lend-Lease program of military aid to the Allies and, as Roosevelt's personal envoy, played a pivotal role in shaping the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom. Born in Iowa, Hopkins settled in New York City after he graduated from Grinnell College. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Harry Hopkins is the 9,761st most popular politician (up from 11,431st in 2024), the 3,708th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,207th in 2019) and the 317th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harry Hopkins ranks 9,761 out of 19,576. Before him are Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Enlil-nadin-apli, Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, Bolesław the Pious, and Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Sayf al-Dawla, Paul Levi, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Danilo Medina, and Herman IV, Margrave of Baden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Harry Hopkins ranks 108. Before him are Claire Lee Chennault, Henny Porten, Emilio Portes Gil, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, and Duke Kahanamoku. After him are Clarence Brown, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Yitzhak Sadeh, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Erwin Jaenecke, and Jüri Uluots. Among people deceased in 1946, Harry Hopkins ranks 100. Before him are Robert Heinrich Wagner, Johannes Vares, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Claus Schilling, Bo Gu, and Max Pauly. After him are Elisabeth Becker, Jack Johnson, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Max von Oppenheim, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and William Joyce.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Hopkins ranks 3,708 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Coburn (1877), Judy Sheindlin (1942), Margaux Hemingway (1954), Eddie Albert (1906), Lorenzo Lamas (1958), and Bonnie Hunt (1961). After him are Richard Conte (1910), William Peter Blatty (1928), Steve Kanaly (1946), Clifford Brown (1930), Celeste Holm (1917), and Asa Gray (1810).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Harry Hopkins ranks 317. Before him are Dean Rusk (1909), Winfield Scott (1786), Bill Walker (1951), Edith Head (1897), Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), and Elizabeth Monroe (1768). After him are Jay Rockefeller (1937), Marie Smith Jones (1918), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Jim Garrison (1921), William Windom (1827), and Phil Scott (1958).

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