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Joseph Grew

1880 - 1965

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Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. He is best known for his long tenure as United States Ambassador to Japan (1932–41) in the lead-up to Pearl Harbor and for his two stints as the second-in-command at the State Department (1924–27 & 1944–45). He opposed American hardliners and sought to avoid war. When the war ended, he helped draft the U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, which offered relatively generous terms to the defeated Japanese (including the retention of the Japanese monarchy), which facilitated America's peaceful post-war occupation of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Joseph Grew is the 63rd most popular diplomat (down from 61st in 2024), the 6,021st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,062nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Joseph Grew ranks 63 out of 90. Before him are Ernest Mason Satow, Zannanza, Ángel Sanz Briz, Christiana Figueres, Roberto Azevêdo, and Jules Cambon. After him are Vatslav Vorovsky, Ri Yong-ho, Paul Schmidt, Filippo Grandi, Edward M. House, and Seán Lester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Joseph Grew ranks 149. Before him are B. C. Forbes, Herbert Brenon, Wally Kinnear, Oswald Veblen, Louis Hémon, and Parashqevi Qiriazi. After him are Alexander Bogomazov, Carl Skottsberg, Harry Baur, Agha Petros, Radclyffe Hall, and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne. Among people deceased in 1965, Joseph Grew ranks 128. Before him are Judy Holliday, Giorgio Zampori, Alejandro Casona, Emma Asson, Henry Travers, and Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues. After him are Frol Kozlov, Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Daniel-Rops, Teodor Koskenniemi, Reino Kuuskoski, and Vladimir Gardin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Grew ranks 6,021 out of 20,380. Before him are Braun Strowman (1983), Vinnie Paul (1964), Armand van Helden (1970), MC Hammer (1962), Charles Avery (1873), and Robert Byrd (1917). After him are JoAnna Garcia (1979), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), Gregory Hoblit (1944), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Vic Seixas (1923), and Frederick Wiseman (1930).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Joseph Grew ranks 15. Before him are J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Dean Acheson (1893), Richard Holbrooke (1941), Richard Armitage (1945), Ralph Bunche (1904), and Victoria Nuland (1961). After him are Edward M. House (1858), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), Wendy Sherman (1949), Adolph Dubs (1920), Sumner Welles (1892), and Michael McFaul (1963).

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