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Richard Grenell

1966 - Today

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Richard Allen Grenell (born September 18, 1966) is an American diplomat, public official, and former public relations consultant who has served as special presidential envoy for special missions since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as acting director of national intelligence (DNI) in 2020 under President Donald Trump, becoming the first openly gay Cabinet-level official in U.S. history. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020, and as the special presidential envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations from 2019 to 2021. Grenell was a U.S. State Department spokesperson to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Grenell is the 17,241st most popular politician (up from 17,890th in 2019), the 11,579th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,593rd in 2019) and the 876th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Grenell ranks 17,241 out of 19,576. Before him are Eadric of Kent, José Bono, Shamshi-Adad III, Edmund Andros, Claude Bartolone, and Helen Zille. After him are Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Amit Shah, Jo Jorgensen, John Barrasso, Thomas Norton, and Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Richard Grenell ranks 408. Before him are Kyros Vassaras, Hilarion, Rémi Garde, Kenny Bräck, Michelle Hurd, and Stéphane Brizé. After him are Anne Brochet, Peter Stöger, Rodney Mullen, Alastair Reynolds, Jean-François Richet, and Chris Bauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Grenell ranks 11,581 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred VanVleet (1994), Sam Snead (1912), Katherine MacDonald (1891), Wanda Sykes (1964), Robert L. Forward (1932), and YG (1990). After him are Virginia Weidler (1927), Jaime King (1979), F. Gary Gray (1969), Charles Manring (1929), Lamar Odom (1979), and Susan Pedersen (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Grenell ranks 876. Before him are Alfred Lindley (1904), William R. Day (1849), Leonard Wood (1860), William Eustis (1753), John J. Crittenden (1787), and John Adams Dix (1798). After him are Jo Jorgensen (1957), John Barrasso (1952), Lamar Alexander (1940), David Perdue (1949), Isidore Mankofsky (1931), and Margaret Chase Smith (1897).

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