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John Jay

1745 - 1829

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John Jay (December 23 [O.S. December 12], 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1795 as the first chief justice of the United States and from 1795 to 1801 as the second governor of New York. Jay directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and New York City government officials of French Huguenot and Dutch descent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Jay is the 6th most popular diplomat (down from 3rd in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from United States (down from 96th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Diplomat.

John Jay was the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He is most famous for writing the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

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Among diplomats, John Jay ranks 6 out of 90. Before him are Pocahontas, Kofi Annan, Dag Hammarskjöld, Gaius Marius, and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. After him are Ban Ki-moon, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alexandra Kollontai, John R. Bolton, Raoul Wallenberg, and Antony Blinken.

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Among people born in 1745, John Jay ranks 2. Before him is Alessandro Volta. After him are Mikhail Kutuzov, Maria Luisa of Spain, Philippe Pinel, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Johan Christian Fabricius, Carl Stamitz, Levin August von Bennigsen, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Johann Hieronymus Schröter. Among people deceased in 1829, John Jay ranks 4. Before him are Pope Leo XII, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and Niels Henrik Abel. After him are Friedrich Schlegel, Humphry Davy, Thomas Young, Maria Anna Mozart, Paul Barras, François-Joseph Gossec, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, and Mauro Giuliani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Jay ranks 195 out of 20,380. Before him are Stan Lee (1922), Jackson Pollock (1912), David Woodard (1964), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), John Nance Garner (1868), and Tom Hanks (1956). After him are Brad Pitt (1963), Gene Cernan (1934), Whitney Houston (1963), William James Sidis (1898), Douglas MacArthur (1880), and Ed Asner (1929).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, John Jay ranks 2. Before him are Pocahontas (1595). After him are John R. Bolton (1948), Antony Blinken (1962), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), 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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