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Madeleine Albright

1937 - 2022

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Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. She was the first woman to hold the position. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Albright immigrated to the United States after the 1948 communist coup d'état when she was eleven years old. Her father, diplomat Josef Korbel, settled the family in Denver, Colorado, and she became a U.S. citizen in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Madeleine Albright is the 16th most popular diplomat (down from 13th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Diplomat.

Madeleine Albright is most famous for being the first female Secretary of State in the United States.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Madeleine Albright ranks 16 out of 90. Before her are John R. Bolton, Raoul Wallenberg, Antony Blinken, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Adlai Stevenson II, and Mohamed ElBaradei. After her are Lucien Bonaparte, Alva Myrdal, Folke Bernadotte, Jean Kennedy Smith, Chaim Herzog, and Chiune Sugihara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Madeleine Albright ranks 22. Before her are Queen Sonja of Norway, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Renzo Piano, Robert Coleman Richardson, and Robert Lucas Jr.. After her are Vanessa Redgrave, Queen Paola of Belgium, Avram Hershko, Warren Beatty, Joseph Estrada, and Egon Krenz. Among people deceased in 2022, Madeleine Albright ranks 23. Before her are Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mahsa Amini, Vivienne Westwood, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Olivia Newton-John, and Sidney Poitier. After her are Marsha Hunt, Angelo Sodano, Monica Vitti, José Eduardo dos Santos, Fidel Ramos, and Kane Tanaka.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Madeleine Albright ranks 52 out of 1,200. Before her are Adolf Loos (1870), Johann Palisa (1848), Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Václav Klaus (1941), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), and Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271). After her are Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Emil Hácha (1872), Adalbert of Prague (955), Antonín Panenka (1948), George of Poděbrady (1420), and Milena Jesenská (1896).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Czechia

Among diplomats born in Czechia, Madeleine Albright ranks 1. 

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