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Jean Kennedy Smith

1928 - 2020

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Jean Ann Kennedy Smith (née Kennedy; February 20, 1928 – June 17, 2020) was an American diplomat, activist, humanitarian, and author who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998. She was a member of the Kennedy family, the eighth of nine children, and youngest daughter, born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. Her siblings included President of the United States John F. Kennedy, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy from New York, United States Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts, Rosemary Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Kennedy Smith is the 20th most popular diplomat (up from 41st in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,570th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Jean Kennedy Smith ranks 20 out of 90. Before her are Adlai Stevenson II, Mohamed ElBaradei, Madeleine Albright, Lucien Bonaparte, Alva Myrdal, and Folke Bernadotte. After her are Chaim Herzog, Chiune Sugihara, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and George F. Kennan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jean Kennedy Smith ranks 42. Before her are Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Maya Angelou, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Martin Cooper, James Ivory, and Hans Küng. After her are George Peppard, Kim Yong-nam, Alberto Korda, Alvin Toffler, Carlos Fuentes, and Vera Rubin. Among people deceased in 2020, Jean Kennedy Smith ranks 26. Before her are Albert Uderzo, Michel Piccoli, Eduard Limonov, Alan Parker, Robert Hossein, and Ian Holm. After her are John Turner, Frances E. Allen, Rob Rensenbrink, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Stanley Cohen, and John Lewis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Kennedy Smith ranks 806 out of 20,380. Before her are Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Terry Gilliam (1940), Larry Hagman (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Steven Weinberg (1933), and Anna Politkovskaya (1958). After her are Patricia Highsmith (1921), Michael J. Smith (1945), George Peppard (1928), Andrew Mellon (1855), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), and Quincy Jones (1933).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Jean Kennedy Smith ranks 6. Before her are Pocahontas (1595), John Jay (1745), John R. Bolton (1948), Antony Blinken (1962), and Adlai Stevenson II (1900). After her are George F. Kennan (1904), William J. Burns (1956), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Dean Acheson (1893), Richard Holbrooke (1941), and Richard Armitage (1945).

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