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Nelson Rockefeller

1908 - 1979

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Nelson Aldrich "Rocky" Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. He was also the 49th governor of New York, serving from 1959 to 1973. Rockefeller was a member of the Republican Party and of the wealthy Rockefeller family. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1930, Rockefeller worked at various businesses connected to his family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nelson Rockefeller is the 2,323rd most popular politician (down from 1,765th in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from United States (down from 530th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Politician.

Nelson Rockefeller is most famous for his political career, including serving as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nelson Rockefeller ranks 2,323 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles-Henri Sanson, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Valdas Adamkus, 1st Dalai Lama, and Nikola Pašić. After him are Alfonso II of Aragon, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Olav Magnusson of Norway, Lentulus Batiatus, Lothair II, and Mikheil Saakashvili.

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Among people born in 1908, Nelson Rockefeller ranks 36. Before him are Ilya Frank, Aden Adde, Michael DeBakey, Franz Stangl, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Joseph Rotblat. After him are Manoel de Oliveira, Alfred Hershey, Willard Libby, David Lean, Victor Weisskopf, and Tameo Ide. Among people deceased in 1979, Nelson Rockefeller ranks 28. Before him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Sonia Delaunay, Hanna Reitsch, Agostinho Neto, Sid Vicious, and Feodor Lynen. After him are Bertil Ohlin, Werner Forssmann, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Jean Seberg, Reinhard Gehlen, and Yukio Tsuda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nelson Rockefeller ranks 800 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Dreiser (1871), Benedict Arnold (1741), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Paul Cohen (1934), Alexander Calder (1898), and Sixto Rodriguez (1942). After him are Terry Gilliam (1940), Larry Hagman (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Steven Weinberg (1933), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), and Jean Kennedy Smith (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Nelson Rockefeller ranks 84. Before him are Chester A. Arthur (1829), John Kerry (1943), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), Edwin Stanton (1814), Kamala Harris (1964), and Mike Pence (1959). After him are Andrew Mellon (1855), Laura Bush (1946), Boris Johnson (1964), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), Jill Biden (1951), and Charles Bolden (1946).

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