Cold War Biographies | Ronald Reagan Biography

Born February 6, 1911
Tampico, Illinois

U.S. president, governor, and actor

Ronald Reagan was the fortieth president of the United States. Previously a radio sportscaster and Hollywood actor, his exceptional skills as an orator brought him the label "the Great Communicator" during his political career. Appearing easygoing with a folksy charm, he brought a hardline anticommunist direction to the White House. Reagan has been credited as one of the key individuals responsible for ending the Cold War (1945–91). The Cold War was a prolonged conflict for world dominance between the two superpowers, the democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union. The weapons of conflict were commonly words of propaganda and threats.

Sportscaster and movie actor

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, in February 1911. He was the second child...