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James Forrestal

1892 - 1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last cabinet-level United States secretary of the Navy and the first United States secretary of defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle-class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Col. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Forrestal is the 11,380th most popular politician (down from 10,071st in 2019), the 4,584th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,518th in 2019) and the 389th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, James Forrestal ranks 11,380 out of 19,576. Before him are John Henninger Reagan, Conan III, Duke of Brittany, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Sofoklis Venizelos, Miro Cerar, and Kevin Rudd. After him are Joan, Countess of Toulouse, Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Ramón Castilla, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Oldřich Duras.

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Among people born in 1892, James Forrestal ranks 154. Before him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Walter Krüger, Sayed Darwish, Alice Brady, Hugo Österman, and Ahmad Javad. After him are Henry Darger, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, Richard Huelsenbeck, Juana de Ibarbourou, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, and Pierre Blanchar. Among people deceased in 1949, James Forrestal ranks 99. Before him are Charles Dullin, Leonor Michaelis, Wallace Beery, Nuri Killigil, Laura Montoya, and Nikos Skalkottas. After him are Henri Rabaud, Kanji Ishiwara, Maria Ouspenskaya, René Maire, Walter Short, and Nikolay Gamaleya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Forrestal ranks 4,584 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Sowell (1930), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Joe Viterelli (1937), Edwin Catmull (1945), and Chris Hardwick (1971). After him are Elliott Carter (1908), Ken Myers (1896), John Stagliano (1951), Desireé Cousteau (1956), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), and Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James Forrestal ranks 389. Before him are Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Elihu Yale (1649), Michael Dukakis (1933), and John Henninger Reagan (1818). After him are Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Kenneth Arnold (1915), Jen Psaki (1978), Horace Mann (1796), and Caspar Weinberger (1917).

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