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Ralph Bunche

1904 - 1971

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Ralph Johnson Bunche ( BUNCH; August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine. He is the first black Nobel laureate and the first person of African descent to be awarded a Nobel Prize. He was involved in the formation and early administration of the United Nations (UN), and played a major role in both the decolonization process and numerous UN peacekeeping operations. Bunche served on the US delegation to both the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944 and United Nations Conference on International Organization in 1945 that drafted the UN charter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ralph Bunche is the 48th most popular diplomat (down from 36th in 2019), the 3,627th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,072nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Ralph Bunche ranks 48 out of 90. Before him are Richard Holbrooke, Friedrich Martens, Martin Luther, Amr Moussa, Richard Armitage, and Carl Jacob Burckhardt. After him are Saburō Kurusu, Damião de Góis, Victoria Nuland, Ambrogio Contarini, Selahattin Ülkümen, and Roger Casement.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Ralph Bunche ranks 122. Before him are Wang Ming, Karl Ernst, Giuseppe Terragni, Leo Joseph Suenens, André Leducq, and Joseph Valachi. After him are Tevfik Esenç, Joseph M. Juran, Franz Kutschera, Aparicio Méndez, Max Mallowan, and Juan José Arévalo. Among people deceased in 1971, Ralph Bunche ranks 87. Before him are Albin Stenroos, Duane Allman, Princess Anna of Montenegro, Joseph Valachi, Amet-khan Sultan, and Otto Lasch. After him are Royal Rife, Bella Darvi, Frank Wolff, H. A. R. Gibb, Georgi Asparuhov, and James Alberione.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Bunche ranks 3,627 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Miller (1953), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), Frank Grillo (1965), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), David Axelrod (1955), and Brad Dexter (1917). After him are Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), Dylan McDermott (1961), Harold Perrineau (1963), Tyler, the Creator (1991), Geoffrey Lewis (1935), and Alexander Cartwright (1820).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Ralph Bunche ranks 13. Before him are George F. Kennan (1904), William J. Burns (1956), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Dean Acheson (1893), Richard Holbrooke (1941), and Richard Armitage (1945). After him are Victoria Nuland (1961), Joseph Grew (1880), Edward M. House (1858), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), Wendy Sherman (1949), and Adolph Dubs (1920).

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