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Melvin Laird

1922 - 2016

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Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melvin Laird is the 4,946th most popular politician (up from 15,723rd in 2019), the 1,793rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,494th in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Melvin Laird ranks 4,946 out of 19,576. Before him are Jia Xu, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Hassan I of Morocco, Goujian, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, and Emperor Kanmu. After him are Philippa of England, Guadalupe Victoria, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ansegisel, Arthur Drewry, and Gyeongjong of Goryeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Melvin Laird ranks 70. Before him are Bernardin Gantin, Lucian Freud, Har Gobind Khorana, Mao Anying, Oskar Werner, and Marek Edelman. After him are Leo Tindemans, Toots Thielemans, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Enrico Berlinguer, Adolfo Celi, and Michael Cacoyannis. Among people deceased in 2016, Melvin Laird ranks 87. Before him are Garry Marshall, Michel Butor, Chyna, Keith Emerson, Margot Honecker, and Thomas Schelling. After him are Edgar Mitchell, Michal Kováč, Kigeli V of Rwanda, Toots Thielemans, Mohamed Abdelaziz, and Hanoi Hannah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melvin Laird ranks 1,793 out of 20,380. Before him are John Payne (1912), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Henry J. Heinz (1844), Annie Leibovitz (1949), and Chris McCandless (1968). After him are Bob Gunton (1945), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Valerie Solanas (1936), Stanley Kramer (1913), Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), and Steve Carell (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Melvin Laird ranks 156. Before him are George Read (1733), Liz Cheney (1966), John Forsyth (1780), Elliot Richardson (1920), Paul Ryan (1970), and Benjamin Butler (1818). After him are Alben W. Barkley (1877), Walter Mondale (1928), Pat Brown (1905), Tecumseh (1768), Bill Weld (1945), and James E. Webb (1906).

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