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Larry O'Brien

1917 - 1990

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Lawrence Francis O'Brien Jr. (July 7, 1917 – September 28, 1990) was an American politician and commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1975 to 1984. He was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists for more than two decades. He was Postmaster General in the cabinet of President Lyndon Johnson and chair of the Democratic National Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Larry O'Brien is the 15,235th most popular politician (down from 14,760th in 2024), the 7,892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,100th in 2019) and the 607th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Larry O'Brien ranks 15,233 out of 19,576. Before him are Theo-Ben Gurirab, Manasseh Sogavare, Stavros Dimas, and Marie Juchacz. After him are Sam Hinds, Lucius Cornelius Merula, Mia Mottley, Pierre Graber, Anna Kéthly, Ricardo Samper, Mahammed Dionne, and Arlette Laguiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Larry O'Brien ranks 272. Before him are Birger Rosengren, James Donald, José Luis Sampedro, Ernesto Alonso, Tetsuo Hamuro, and Arne Sucksdorff. After him are Virginia Grey, Eugen Walaschek, Tofig Guliyev, Lise Nørgaard, Wenche Foss, and Vernon A. Walters. Among people deceased in 1990, Larry O'Brien ranks 238. Before him are Max Bulla, Concha Piquer, Margarete Adler, Allen Collins, José Luis Panizo, and Lotte Jacobi. After him are Jill Esmond, Mary Martin, Gary Merrill, Chiara Badano, Ina Balin, and Maurice Cloche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry O'Brien ranks 7,894 out of 20,380. Before him are David R. Ellis (1952), Jay Gould (1836), William Lombardy (1937), Marcus Hurley (1883), Kendra Wilkinson (1985), and Robben Ford (1951). After him are Jamey Sheridan (1951), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), Al St. John (1892), Peter Pace (1945), Oscar Pettiford (1922), and Yokozuna (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Larry O'Brien ranks 607. Before him are Harry Reid (1939), Ramsey Clark (1927), Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), Kay Ivey (1944), Mary Harrison McKee (1858), and Abel P. Upshur (1790). After him are Janet Reno (1938), Orrin Hatch (1934), Mike Rogers (1958), Joe Crowley (1962), Robert J. Walker (1801), and Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815).

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