Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Acting

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1931-04-07

  • Day of Death

    2023-06-16 (92 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Daniel Ellsberg, PhD, (born April 7, 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006.

Acting