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Whitney Smith

1940 - 2016

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Whitney Smith Jr. (February 26, 1940 – November 17, 2016) was an American vexillologist. He coined the term vexillology, which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. He was a founder of several vexillology organizations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Whitney Smith is the 15,563rd most popular politician (down from 14,687th in 2024), the 8,401st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,033rd in 2019) and the 638th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Whitney Smith ranks 15,562 out of 19,576. Before him are Tulsi Gabbard, John P. Kennedy, Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Mirko Šarović, and Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. After him are Ceolwulf I of Mercia, José Hilario López, Adnan Badran, Aleksander Prystor, Robert Buron, Klaus Schütz, and Hamilton Fish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Whitney Smith ranks 441. Before him are Fred Hansen, Mary Ellen Mark, Mary Beth Peil, Sotsha Dlamini, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, and James Brady. After him are Reinhard Furrer, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Richard Marcinko, Tim Severin, Carl von Essen, and Willi Holdorf. Among people deceased in 2016, Whitney Smith ranks 405. Before him are Rita Gam, Michael Herr, Gunnel Vallquist, Halfdan T. Mahler, Heinz Ulzheimer, and Laurent Pokou. After him are Herschell Gordon Lewis, Burt Kwouk, Tapio Mäkelä, Kiichirō Furukawa, Piers Sellers, and Henning Christophersen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whitney Smith ranks 8,402 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Szmanda (1975), Joan Van Ark (1943), John P. Kennedy (1795), Ninja (1991), and Commodore Cochran (1902). After him are Harve Presnell (1933), Mark Snow (1946), Jimmy Giuffre (1921), Hamilton Fish (1808), Mary Carey (1980), Toni Basil (1943), and Edward Moore (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Whitney Smith ranks 638. Before him are Thomas Mifflin (1744), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), John Langdon (1741), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), James Brady (1940), and John P. Kennedy (1795). After him are Hamilton Fish (1808), Robert Bacon (1860), Henry Dearborn (1751), Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886), George Pataki (1945), and William L. Marcy (1786).

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