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Rose Kennedy

1890 - 1995

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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American community in Boston. Her father, John F. Fitzgerald, served in the Massachusetts State Senate (1892–1894), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1901, 1919), and as Mayor of Boston (1906–1908, 1910–1914). Her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., chaired the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1934–1935) and the U.S. Maritime Commission (1937–1938), and served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1938–1940). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rose Kennedy is the 1,150th most popular religious figure (down from 943rd in 2019), the 2,060th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,471st in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Religious Figure.

Rose Kennedy is most famous for being the mother of President John F. Kennedy.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rose Kennedy ranks 1,150 out of 3,187. Before her are Kurt Koch, Matsyendranatha, Juliana of Liège, Felix of Cantalice, Lubomyr Husar, and John Fisher. After her are Catherine of Ricci, Alberic of Cîteaux, Louis of Toulouse, Antipope Honorius II, Gregory V of Constantinople, and Theodore of Mopsuestia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Rose Kennedy ranks 59. Before her are Viktor Lutze, Li Zongren, Béla Miklós, Frank Martin, Erich Kleiber, and Milunka Savić. After her are Adolf Schärf, Géza Lakatos, Victor Serge, Walter Krüger, Prince Joachim of Prussia, and Zeki Velidi Togan. Among people deceased in 1995, Rose Kennedy ranks 63. Before her are Rory Gallagher, John Vincent Atanasoff, Ernest Gellner, Krešimir Ćosić, Carlos Monzón, and Günter Guillaume. After her are Yves Congar, Masashi Watanabe, Elizabeth Montgomery, Priscilla Lane, Nathan Rosen, and Mehdi Bazargan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rose Kennedy ranks 2,060 out of 20,380. Before her are Billy Crystal (1948), Owen D. Young (1874), Bob Newhart (1929), Saul Kripke (1940), Barnett Newman (1905), and Wade Williams (1961). After her are William Styron (1925), Paul Krugman (1953), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Hiram Bingham III (1875), Poul Anderson (1926), and Carl Reiner (1922).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Rose Kennedy ranks 17. Before her are Timothy M. Dolan (1950), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), William Miller (1782), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), William M. Branham (1909), and Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947). After her are Pat Garrett (1850), Lillian Asplund (1906), Paul Marcinkus (1922), Blase J. Cupich (1949), William Levada (1936), and Justin Francis Rigali (1935).

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