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Adam Schiff

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Adam Bennett Schiff ( SHIFF; born June 22, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff served 12 terms in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2024 and was a member of the California State Senate from 1996 to 2000. Schiff graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. As an assistant United States attorney, he successfully prosecuted Soviet spy Richard Miller in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Adam Schiff is the 17,172nd most popular politician (up from 18,346th in 2024), the 11,271st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,983rd in 2019) and the 861st most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Adam Schiff ranks 17,172 out of 19,576. Before him are Vere Bird, Marina Kaljurand, Michael Portillo, Zbigniew Rau, Samvel Babayan, and Segerseni. After him are Moshe Feiglin, Ivan Bakanov, John Graves Simcoe, Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, and Anna Komorowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Adam Schiff ranks 520. Before him are Maia Panjikidze, Joey Belladonna, Christian Prudhomme, Shinji Hosokawa, Connie Hedegaard, and Aziz Bouderbala. After him are Yasser Seirawan, Andrzej Stasiuk, Adrienne King, Ian McDonald, Mark Schultz, and Mirko Bašić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adam Schiff ranks 11,273 out of 20,380. Before him are George Fisher (1970), Ted King (1965), James Aloysius Hickey (1920), Bill Hicks (1961), Phil Lesh (1940), and Paul Petersen (1945). After him are Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), Chad Allen (1974), Gene Saks (1921), Leah Remini (1970), Vicki Peterson (1958), and James Williamson (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Adam Schiff ranks 861. Before him are Henry McMaster (1947), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746), Daniel Goldin (1940), William Hooper (1742), and Levi Woodbury (1789). After him are Lauren Boebert (1986), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Barbara Jordan (1936), Horatio Seymour (1810), Bob Kerrey (1943), and Francis James Child (1825).

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