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Benjamin Carson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr., Dr. Ben Carson, Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., Benjamin S. Carson, Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr., Dr. Carson, Doctor Carson, Doctor Ben Carson
medico statunitense
Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, author, and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. He was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. He is considered a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. Carson became the Director of Pediatric…
Known for
- Star Spangled Adventures - The Movie! — Ben Carson (voice)2026
- The Tucker Carlson Show — Self2024
- Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom — Self2023
- Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey — Self2022
- Takeaways with Kirk Cameron — Self2021
- The Accidental President — Self (archive footage)2020
- The Issue Is — Self2018
- Axios — Self2018
- Revive Us 2 — Self2017
- PACmen — Self2017
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Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Secretary
- Brooke Rollins
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Deputy
- Pam Patenaude , Brian D. Montgomery
- Succeeded by
- Marcia Fudge
- Born
- Benjamin Solomon Carson , ( 1951-09-18 ) September 18, 1951 (age 74) , Detroit , Michigan , U.S.
- Party
- Republican (1981–1999, since 2014)
- Other political affiliations
- Democratic (before 1981), Independent (1999–2014)
- Spouse
- Candy Rustin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 )
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ), University of Michigan ( MD )
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008), Spingarn Medal (2006)
- Profession
- Neurosurgeon
- Institutions
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , National Academy of Medicine
- Sub specialties
- Pediatric neurosurgery , Achondroplasia , Craniosynostosis , Epilepsy , Trigeminal neuralgia
- Research
- Hemispherectomy , Conjoined twins separation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Carson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Official website
- www.bencarson.com
- Image
- Ben Carson 2025.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Residence
- West Friendship
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- Commons category
- Ben Carson
- date of birth
- 1951-09-18
- birth name
- Benjamin Solomon Carson
- name in native language
- Ben Carson
- handedness
- right-handedness
- member of
- National Academy of Medicine
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- P10632
- Ben Carson
- affiliation
- Mannatech
- social media followers
- 514000
Sources (11)
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Article · Italiano
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (Detroit, 18 settembre 1951) è un medico e politico statunitense, dal 2017 al 2021 Segretario della Casa e dello Sviluppo Urbano nell'amministrazione Trump. Dal 1984 al 2013 fu direttore del dipartimento di Neurochirurgia Pediatrica al Johns Hopkins Hospital. Nel 2008 ha ricevuto dal Presidente George W. Bush la medaglia presidenziale della libertà, una delle maggiori onorificenze civili negli Stati Uniti. Il suo patrimonio era di 26 milioni di dollari nel 2016. Annunciò che avrebbe tentato di ottenere la nomination del Partito Repubblicano per le elezioni presidenziali del 2016, ma si ritirò dalla campagna elettorale durante le votazioni.
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