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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. In February 2025, President Donald Trump announced his appointment as interim Kennedy Center President in Washington D.C. A member of the Republican Party, he served as acting director of national intelligence (DNI) in 2020 under President Donald Trump, for which he is often cited as the first openly gay acting 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 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Richard Grenell is the 17,290th most popular politician (up from 17,866th in 2024), the 11,593rd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,589th in 2019) and the 878th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Grenell ranks 17,290 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 421. Before him are Kyros Vassaras, Hilarion, Rémi Garde, Kenny Bräck, Michelle Hurd, and Stéphane Brizé. After him are Anne Brochet, Peter Stöger, Yoko Takahashi, Rodney Mullen, Alastair Reynolds, and Jean-François Richet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Grenell ranks 11,595 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 878. 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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