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Richard Nixon

1913 - 1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961, and also as a representative and senator from California. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office as a result of the Watergate scandal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Nixon is the 223rd most popular politician (down from 14th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from United States (down from 7th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Politician.

Richard Nixon was a US president from 1969 to 1974. He is most famous for his involvement in the Watergate scandal, which led to his resignation.

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Among politicians, Richard Nixon ranks 223 out of 19,576. Before him are Lech Wałęsa, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Mehmed III, Joanna of Castile, and Benjamin Netanyahu. After him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Deng Xiaoping, Charles X of France, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Mithridates VI of Pontus.

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Among people born in 1913, Richard Nixon ranks 2. Before him is Albert Camus. After him are Gerald Ford, Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, Vivien Leigh, Menachem Begin, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Burt Lancaster, Klaus Barbie, and Claude Simon. Among people deceased in 1994, Richard Nixon ranks 3. Before him are Kim Il-sung, and Ayrton Senna. After him are Karl Popper, Charles Bukowski, Erich Honecker, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eugène Ionesco, Elias Canetti, Erik Erikson, Linus Pauling, and Burt Lancaster.

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Among people born in United States, Richard Nixon ranks 68 out of 20,380. Before him are Andy Warhol (1928), Bill Clinton (1946), Marlon Brando (1924), Toni Morrison (1931), George R. R. Martin (1948), and Bob Dylan (1941). After him are Bill Gates (1955), David Lynch (1946), Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), George H. W. Bush (1924), Henry Ford (1863), and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890).

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Among politicians born in United States, Richard Nixon ranks 22. Before him are Benjamin Franklin (1706), Al Gore (1948), George W. Bush (1946), George Marshall (1880), Harry S. Truman (1884), and Bill Clinton (1946). After him are Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), George H. W. Bush (1924), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Barbara Bush (1925), Barack Obama (1961), and Theodore Roosevelt (1858).

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