Who was the most multilingual president?

List of Multilingual Presidents

RankPresident NameLanguages Spoken
1John AdamsEnglish, French, Latin
2Thomas JeffersonEnglish, French, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish
3James MadisonEnglish, Greek, Hebrew, Latin
4James MonroeEnglish, French, German, Latin

Which president knew the most languages?

John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams: Eight Foreign Languages Wondering which president spoke the most languages? John Quincy Adams, the 6th U.S. president, spoke more languages than any of the others who also held the role. In addition to English, he spoke eight more languages.

Which US president could speak fluent Mandarin Chinese?

Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover The Great Depression struck the country eight months after his election and he was a strong supporter of Prohibition, which quickly made him a one term President. Before entering the White House,Hoover and his wife learned fluent Mandarin Chinese.

Can Herbert Hoover speak Chinese?

Herbert Hoover spoke some Mandarin Chinese, while Barack Obama speaks Bahasa Indonesian at a conversational level – they are the only presidents to speak any Asian languages, not counting Hebrew.

How many languages does President Obama speak?

English
Barack Obama/Languages

What languages did Roosevelt speak?

Theodore Roosevelt/Languages

How many languages does Donald Trump Jr speak?

English
Czech
Donald Trump Jr./Languages

How many languages did Benjamin Franklin speak?

FrenchItalian
Benjamin Franklin/Languages

Benjamin Franklin learned five languages during his life—French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Latin—to varying degrees of fluency. …

What language did George Washington?

George Washington/Languages