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Woodrow Wilson

1856 - 1924

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches. As president, Wilson changed the nation's economic policies and led the United States into World War I. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism. Born in Staunton, Virginia, Wilson grew up in the Southern United States during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Woodrow Wilson is the 418th most popular politician (down from 296th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from United States (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Politician.

Woodrow Wilson is most famous for being the president of the United States during World War I. He also made a lot of reforms in the country, such as the Federal Reserve Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and the Underwood Tariff Act.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Woodrow Wilson ranks 418 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis II of France, Sheikh Hasina, Elizabeth of Russia, William the Silent, Galba, and Leopold II of Belgium. After him are Charles VI of France, Sergio Mattarella, Magnus the Good, Philip III of Spain, Gerald Ford, and Charles V of France.

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Among people born in 1856, Woodrow Wilson ranks 6. Before him are Nikola Tesla, Sigmund Freud, J. J. Thomson, George Bernard Shaw, and Philippe Pétain. After him are Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Louis Sullivan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Emil Kraepelin. Among people deceased in 1924, Woodrow Wilson ranks 5. Before him are Vladimir Lenin, Franz Kafka, Giacomo Puccini, and Anatole France. After him are Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Joseph Conrad, Gabriel Fauré, Alfred Marshall, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Woodrow Wilson ranks 125 out of 20,380. Before him are Herbert A. Simon (1916), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), Nicolas Cage (1964), Debbie Reynolds (1932), Dr. Seuss (1904), and Paul Newman (1925). After him are Gerald Ford (1913), Charles Bronson (1921), D. W. Griffith (1875), Isadora Duncan (1877), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), and Henry David Thoreau (1817).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Woodrow Wilson ranks 29. Before him are Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), George H. W. Bush (1924), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Barbara Bush (1925), Barack Obama (1961), and Theodore Roosevelt (1858). After him are Gerald Ford (1913), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), John Adams (1735), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William R. King (1786), and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888).

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