MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hugh S. Johnson

1882 - 1942

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Hugh Samuel Johnson (August 5, 1882 – April 15, 1942) was a United States Army officer, businessman, speech writer, government official and newspaper columnist. He was a member of the Brain Trust of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1932 to 1934. He wrote numerous speeches for FDR and helped plan the New Deal. Appointed head of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in 1933, he was highly energetic in his "blue eagle" campaign to reorganize American business to reduce competition and raise wages and prices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh S. Johnson is the 687th most popular military personnel (up from 1,856th in 2019), the 2,336th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,803rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hugh S. Johnson ranks 687 out of 2,058. Before him are Bardas Skleros, Franz Hössler, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, Justinian, Markian Popov, and Sadao Araki. After him are Yue Jin, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Hubert Lyautey, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Mark W. Clark, and Shibata Katsuie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Hugh S. Johnson ranks 84. Before him are Joaquín Turina, Lucien Petit-Breton, Artur Schnabel, Yoshijirō Umezu, Natalia Sedova, and Korney Chukovsky. After him are Max Decugis, Kimon Georgiev, Husband E. Kimmel, Eduard Spranger, Germaine Dulac, and Princess Louise of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1942, Hugh S. Johnson ranks 60. Before him are Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Thorvald Stauning, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Flinders Petrie, and Alfred Flatow. After him are Georg Stumme, Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, Avraham Stern, Germaine Dulac, Mikhail Nesterov, and Yosano Akiko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugh S. Johnson ranks 2,336 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Regan (1938), Michelle Rodriguez (1978), Janet Jackson (1966), MrBeast (1998), Isamu Noguchi (1904), and Daniel McFadden (1937). After him are Taylor Swift (1989), Nell Arthur (1837), Stockard Channing (1944), Eva Mendes (1974), Hayden White (1928), and Don DeLillo (1936).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Hugh S. Johnson ranks 41. Before him are Alexander Haig (1924), Richard Winters (1918), Chris Kyle (1974), Raymond A. Spruance (1886), John Pope (1822), and Abner Doubleday (1819). After him are Mark W. Clark (1896), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), David Farragut (1801), John Sullivan (1740), and Paul Revere (1735).

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