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John B. Kelly Sr.

1889 - 1960

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John Brendan Kelly Sr. (October 4, 1889 – June 20, 1960) was an American triple Olympic champion, the first in the sport of rowing. The Philadelphia-based Kelly also was a multimillionaire in the bricklaying and construction industry. He also was involved in politics, serving as Pennsylvania secretary of revenue and running unsuccessfully for mayor of Philadelphia in the 1935 Philadelphia mayoral election. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John B. Kelly Sr. is the 4,510th most popular politician (up from 9,151st in 2019), the 1,644th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,138th in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John B. Kelly Sr. ranks 4,510 out of 19,576Before her are Fan Noli, Thrasamund, Enmerkar, Charles III, Duke of Parma, Antipater II of Macedon, and Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine. After her are Oichi, Kenneth Kaunda, Carolina Herrera, Ariovistus, Catherine I, Latin Empress, and Pim Fortuyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, John B. Kelly Sr. ranks 46Before her are Abel Gance, Taha Hussein, Günther Lütjens, Walter Lippmann, Hannes Kolehmainen, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. After her are Vera Mukhina, Hannah Höch, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Otto Georg Thierack, Li Dazhao, and Richard Réti. Among people deceased in 1960, John B. Kelly Sr. ranks 35Before her are Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, Said Nursî, Friedrich Adler, Soghomon Tehlirian, and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers. After her are I. I. Chundrigar, Frank Lloyd, Ida Rubinstein, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Hugo Alfvén, and Victor Klemperer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John B. Kelly Sr. ranks 1,644 out of 20,380Before her are Lyonel Feininger (1871), Dave Brubeck (1920), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Gloria Gaynor (1947), Roy O. Disney (1893), and Rodney Alcala (1943). After her are Dirk Benedict (1945), Charles Ives (1874), Mike Portnoy (1967), Mike DeWine (1947), Hal Holbrook (1925), and Brian Thompson (1959).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John B. Kelly Sr. ranks 147Before her are Mitt Romney (1947), Cordell Hull (1871), Cyrus Vance (1917), Paul P. Harris (1868), Janet Mills (1947), and George Clinton (1739). After her are Mike DeWine (1947), Aaron Burr (1756), George Read (1733), Liz Cheney (1966), John Forsyth (1780), and Elliot Richardson (1920).