J. Edgar Hoover

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government official human intelligence chief law enforcement officer

J. Edgar Hoover was the long-serving and controversial first Director of the FBI, known for shaping modern American law enforcement and for his extensive domestic intelligence operations.

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Label	Occurrences
J. Edgar Hoover canonical	17
J. Edgar	12
John Edgar Hoover	3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government official ⓘ human ⓘ intelligence chief ⓘ law enforcement officer ⓘ
academicDegree	LL.B. ⓘ
appointedBy	Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthDate	1895-01-01 ⓘ
birthPlace	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
controversialFor	abuse of power and blackmail allegations ⓘ civil liberties violations ⓘ surveillance of political dissidents ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1972-05-02 ⓘ
deathPlace	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
educatedAt	George Washington University ⓘ George Washington University ⓘ surface form: George Washington University Law School
employer	Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ United States Department of Justice ⓘ
familyName	Hoover ⓘ
fieldOfWork	counterintelligence ⓘ domestic intelligence ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ
fullName	J. Edgar Hoover self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Edgar Hoover
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasInfluenced	modern American law enforcement practices ⓘ
knownFor	COINTELPRO activities ⓘ anti-communist investigations ⓘ being the first Director of the FBI ⓘ domestic intelligence and surveillance operations ⓘ expansion and modernization of the FBI ⓘ files on political figures and activists ⓘ long tenure as FBI Director ⓘ
memberOf	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
nationality	American ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ intelligence officer ⓘ lawyer ⓘ police officer ⓘ
officeEndTime	1972-05-02 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1924-05-10 ⓘ
politicalIdeology	anti-communism ⓘ
positionHeld	Director of the Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
posthumousAward	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
receivedFrom	Richard Nixon ⓘ surface form: President Richard Nixon
religion	Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
workLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Medal for Merit → notableRecipient → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Federal Bureau of Investigation → notableDirector → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

J. Edgar Hoover → fullName → J. Edgar Hoover self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Edgar Hoover

Leonardo DiCaprio → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Leonardo DiCaprio → portrayed → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

National Security Medal → awardedTo → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Hoover → hasNotableBearer → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Brian Grazer → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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FBI Laboratory → foundedBy → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Dustin Lance Black → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Dustin Lance Black → screenplayFor → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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John → fullName → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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J. Edgar Hoover Building → namedAfter → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Clint Eastwood → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Barker–Karpis gang → opposedBy → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Jordan Bridges → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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FBI COINTELPRO operations → ledBy → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Jeffrey Donovan → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Jeffrey Donovan → appearedIn → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Presidential Medal of Merit → hasRecipient → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Beverly Gage → hasWrittenOn → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

First Red Scare → significantFigure → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Tom Stern → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Josh Lucas → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Joel Cox → workedOn → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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FBI Director → notableOfficeHolder → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. → notableBurials → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

subject surface form: Congressional Cemetery

Armie Hammer → notableWork → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

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Judas and the Black Messiah → featuresCharacter → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

All the Way (HBO film) → portrays → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ

Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 → subject → J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ