William O'Dwyer
Sign in to saveIrish-American politician and diplomat; 100th Mayor of New York City (1946-1950); attained rank of Brigadier General in WW II
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William O'Dwyer appears in Vinony's Legion of Merit collection — one of 667 entries.
Vinony's link graph records 270 inbound references to William O'Dwyer, and connects out to Harry S. Truman, New York City Police Department and Fiorello H. La Guardia.
It is catalogued under topics including 1890 births, 1964 deaths and 20th-century American lawyers.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- County Mayo
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Fordham University School of Law
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Legion of Merit
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- William O'Dwyer.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1890-07-11
- date of death
- 1964-11-24
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Commons category
- William O'Dwyer
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
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