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First Name

Sargent

Last Name

Shriver

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

09 November 1915

Build

Average

Hair Color

Grey

Place of Birth

Westminster, Maryland

Star Sign

Scorpio

Ethnicity

White

Religion

Roman Catholic

Claim to Fame

21st United States Ambassador to France

Nationality

American

Couple Profile

Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (born November 9, 1915) is an American Democratic politician and activist. Known as "Sargent", Shriver is best-known as part of the Kennedy family, the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and the Democratic Party`s 1972 replacement candidate for vice president having replaced nominee Thomas Eagleton who resigned from the ticket. Shriver was born in Westminster, Maryland to Robert Sargent Shriver, Sr. and his wife Hilda Shriver. Of German ancestry, the Shriver family is descended from David Shriver, who signed the Maryland Constitution and Bill of Rights at Maryland`s Constitutional Convention of 1776. At the age of nearly 38 and after a seven-year courtship, Shriver married Eunice Kennedy, a sister of then-Senator John F. Kennedy, on May 23, 1953 at St. Patrick`s Cathedral in New York City. They have five children.

Couple Profile Source

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargent_Shriver

Full Name at Birth

Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.

Wikipedia Text

Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., known as Sargent Shriver, R. Sargent Shriver, or, from childhood, Sarge, (pronounced November 9, 1915 � January 18, 2011) was an American statesman and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family, serving in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, founded the Job Corps, Head Start and other programs as the "architect" of Johnson's "War on Poverty" and served as the United States Ambassador to France. During the 1972 U.S. presidential election, he was George McGovern's running mate as the Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Vice President, replacing Thomas Eagleton who had resigned from the ticket.

Occupation Text

Business, Politics, Activist

Date of Death

18 January 2011

Age