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Spiro Agnew

1918 - 1996

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Spiro Theodore Agnew (; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second of two vice presidents to resign, the first being John C. Calhoun in 1832. Agnew was born in Baltimore to a Greek immigrant father and an American mother. He attended Johns Hopkins University and graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Spiro Agnew is the 5,626th most popular politician (down from 5,584th in 2019), the 2,037th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,781st in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Spiro Agnew ranks 5,626 out of 19,576. Before him are Coloman of Galicia, José María Morelos, Carlos Antonio López, Princess Francisca of Brazil, Anna Lindh, and Lais of Corinth. After him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Alessandra Mussolini, Dorothea Binz, Milada Horáková, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, and Guntis Ulmanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Spiro Agnew ranks 76. Before him are Henryk Szeryng, Mary Anderson, Kakuei Tanaka, John Forsythe, Jeff Chandler, and Edward A. Murphy Jr.. After him are W. Eugene Smith, Jin Youzhi, B. K. S. Iyengar, Gabriel Axel, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, and Richard Winters. Among people deceased in 1996, Spiro Agnew ranks 70. Before him are Leonor Fini, Walter M. Miller Jr., María Casares, Brigitte Helm, Lucio Fulci, and Toru Takemitsu. After him are Frida Boccara, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Mary Leakey, Hans Blumenberg, Bob Paisley, and Michel Debré.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spiro Agnew ranks 2,037 out of 20,380. Before him are Ed Lauter (1938), Don Ameche (1908), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), George W. De Long (1844), Sidney Bechet (1897), and James Baldwin (1924). After him are Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Adam Scott (1973), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Fats Domino (1928), Charlie Murphy (1959), and John Sturges (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Spiro Agnew ranks 174. Before him are Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), John Armstrong Jr. (1758), Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Albert Gore Sr. (1907), Henry A. Wallace (1888), and Bess Truman (1885). After him are Hiram Bingham III (1875), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Jack Reed (1949), Conrad Hilton (1887), Spotted Elk (1826), and Hubert Humphrey (1911).

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