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Lloyd Austin

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Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army general who served as the 28th United States secretary of defense from 2021 to 2025. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. Prior to that he served as the 33rd vice chief of staff of the Army from January 2012 to March 2013, and as commander of United States Forces – Iraq from September 2010 to December 2011. He is the first African American to hold each of these positions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lloyd Austin is the 7,813th most popular politician (down from 3,669th in 2019), the 2,870th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,161st in 2019) and the 250th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Lloyd Austin ranks 7,813 out of 19,576. Before him are Chimalpopoca, Ferrante Gonzaga, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Aga Khan I, Jesualdo Ferreira, and Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho. After him are Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Dersu Uzala, Munjamyeong of Goguryeo, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, and Ashur-dan III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Lloyd Austin ranks 116. Before him are William Petersen, Đorđe Balašević, David Chipperfield, Jeb Bush, Tito Jackson, and Eleonora Giorgi. After him are Riccardo Chailly, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Ulrich Mühe, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and Laurentino Cortizo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lloyd Austin ranks 2,870 out of 20,380. Before him are Hank Aaron (1934), Prescott Bush (1895), Sela Ward (1956), Perry Como (1912), Joey DeMaio (1954), and Jennifer Lawrence (1990). After him are Billy Dee Williams (1937), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), William A. Wheeler (1819), and Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lloyd Austin ranks 250. Before him are Ron DeSantis (1978), Julia Grant (1826), Tom Price (1954), Bob Bennett (1933), Muriel Humphrey Brown (1912), and Prescott Bush (1895). After him are William A. Wheeler (1819), Wendell R. Anderson (1933), George Allen (1952), Marjorie Taylor Greene (1974), Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), and Levi P. Morton (1824).

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