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Thomas Watson Jr.

1914 - 1993

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Thomas John Watson Jr. (January 14, 1914 – December 31, 1993) was an American businessman, diplomat, Army Air Forces pilot, and philanthropist. The son of IBM Corporation founder Thomas J. Watson, he was the second IBM president (1952–71), the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1964–68) and served on the World Scout Committee (1965-1971), and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–81). He received many honors during his lifetime, including being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Watson Jr. is the 7,530th most popular politician (up from 15,636th in 2019), the 2,749th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,346th in 2019) and the 231st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 7,530 out of 19,576. Before him are Kubaba, Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, Umayya ibn Abd Shams, Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Sartaq Khan, and Gaius Julius Verus Maximus. After him are Muhammad IV of Morocco, Judith of Schweinfurt, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, Joan of Kent, and Vardanes I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 103. Before him are Jean Tatlock, Peter Townsend, Birabongse Bhanudej, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, and Omar Ali Saifuddien III. After him are Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, Martin Ritt, Nicanor Parra, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Álvaro del Portillo, and Annie Fischer. Among people deceased in 1993, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 69. Before him are Tofiq Bahramov, Silvina Ocampo, Raymond Burr, Sebastiano Baggio, Meliton Kantaria, and Hervé Villechaize. After him are Jimmy Doolittle, Pierre Bérégovoy, René Pleven, Myrna Loy, Chris Hani, and Desanka Maksimović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 2,749 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Ford (1944), Gloria Steinem (1934), Paul Revere (1735), Alfred Vail (1807), Virginia Cherrill (1908), and Robert Stroud (1890). After him are Ray Price (1926), Siri Hustvedt (1955), Phil Murphy (1957), Brian Kemp (1963), Wilma Rudolph (1940), and Richard Pryor (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Thomas Watson Jr. ranks 231. Before him are Kamehameha II (1797), Ron Brown (1941), Henry Wilson (1812), Eugene Meyer (1875), Mitch McConnell (1942), and Nancy Kassebaum (1932). After him are Phil Murphy (1957), Brian Kemp (1963), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Cochise (1805), Loretta Lynch (1959), and Caroline Kennedy (1957).

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