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James Brady

1940 - 2014

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James Scott Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an American journalist, politician, activist and American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the 17th White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald Reagan. In 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Brady during Hinckley’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, which occurred two months and ten days after Reagan's inauguration. Brady's death in 2014 was eventually ruled a homicide, caused by the gunshot wound he received 33 years earlier on March 30, 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Brady is the 15,528th most popular politician (down from 15,199th in 2019), the 8,387th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,716th in 2019) and the 635th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, James Brady ranks 15,528 out of 19,576. Before him are Isaak Zelensky, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, Luis Muñoz Marín, Lloyd Bentsen, Herneith, and Anna Grodzka. After him are Alain Krivine, Mikhail Chigir, Yan Gamarnik, Jill Evans, Tulsi Gabbard, and John P. Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, James Brady ranks 440. Before him are Michael Herr, Fred Hansen, Mary Ellen Mark, Mary Beth Peil, Sotsha Dlamini, and Kōkichi Tsuburaya. After him are Whitney Smith, Reinhard Furrer, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Richard Marcinko, Tim Severin, and Carl von Essen. Among people deceased in 2014, James Brady ranks 388. Before him are Joe Sample, Jaroslav Walter, Jorge Romo, Acker Bilk, Richard Dürr, and Lode Wouters. After him are Jacinto Convit, Odd Iversen, Dorothy Cheney, Jean Vallée, Lucidio Sentimenti, and Mark Strand.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Brady ranks 8,389 out of 20,380. Before him are Laraine Day (1920), Robin Morgan (1941), Milton H. Greene (1922), Betty Field (1913), Colin Hanks (1977), and Lloyd Bentsen (1921). After him are Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), Duvall Hecht (1930), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986), Avery Brooks (1948), Eric Szmanda (1975), and Joan Van Ark (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James Brady ranks 635. Before him are James M. Cox (1870), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), Thomas Mifflin (1744), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), John Langdon (1741), and Lloyd Bentsen (1921). After him are John P. Kennedy (1795), Whitney Smith (1940), Hamilton Fish (1808), Robert Bacon (1860), Henry Dearborn (1751), and Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886).

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