The term “Cold War” was first used by:

The term “Cold War” was first popularized by Bernard Baruch, an American financier and presidential advisor. He used the phrase in a speech on April 16, 1947, to describe the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, emphasizing a state of conflict without direct military engagement. While George Orwell used the term earlier in an essay, Baruch's public address brought it into widespread political discourse.

• F.D. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill were key leaders during World War II and the immediate post-war period, but they are not credited with coining or popularizing the term "Cold War."