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Ron Brown

1941 - 1996

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Ronald Harmon Brown (August 1, 1941 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as the 30th United States secretary of commerce during the first term of President Bill Clinton. Before this, he was chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He was the first African American to hold these positions. He was killed, along with 34 others, in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Brown is the 7,422nd most popular politician (up from 16,994th in 2019), the 2,715th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,138th in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ron Brown ranks 7,422 out of 19,576. Before him are Otto Dietrich, Philip Davis, Petar Stoyanov, Heinrich Schwarz, Peter I, Count of Alençon, and Theodore of Corsica. After him are Takeo Miki, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Corrado Gini, King Li of Zhou, Lucius Cassius Longinus, and Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ron Brown ranks 165. Before him are Nora Ephron, Barbet Schroeder, Josef Jelínek, Sergio Oliva, David Crosby, and George Lakoff. After him are Takayuki Kuwata, Fabio Testi, Gunpei Yokoi, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Geoff Hurst, and Philippe Honoré. Among people deceased in 1996, Ron Brown ranks 82. Before him are Michel Debré, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Pavel Sudoplatov, Shūsaku Endō, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, and Amos Tversky. After him are Greer Garson, Virginia Cherrill, Albert R. Broccoli, Stavros Niarchos, Antonín Mrkos, and Muhammad al-Badr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron Brown ranks 2,715 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Moore (1929), Sam Waterston (1940), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Chris Sanders (1962), Marion Ramsey (1947), and Sarah Moore Grimké (1792). After him are Ellen Barkin (1954), John Green (1977), Jeff Daniels (1955), The Game (1979), Thomas Gordon (1918), and Amber Heard (1986).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ron Brown ranks 226. Before him are John Breckinridge (1760), Shirley Chisholm (1924), John C. Calhoun (1782), Cus D'Amato (1908), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), and Kamehameha II (1797). After him are Henry Wilson (1812), Eugene Meyer (1875), Mitch McConnell (1942), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), and Phil Murphy (1957).

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