# Ralph Austin Bard

> Ralph Austin Bard was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a strategic city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented from the use of the atomic bomb without advance warning."

*American government official (1884–1975)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ralph-austin-bard

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1884-07-29
- **Died:** 1975-04-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ralph Bard](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bard)
- [رالف أوستين بارد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [رالف آوستین بارد](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [ラルフ・バード](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89)
- [Ralph Austin Bard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Austin_Bard)
- [Ralph Austin Bard](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Austin_Bard)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1483338)

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