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Alan Cranston

1914 - 2000

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Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the World Federalist Association from 1949 to 1952. Born in Palo Alto, California, Cranston worked as a journalist after graduating from Stanford University. After serving as California State Controller, he was elected to the Senate in 1968. He served as the Senate Democratic Whip from 1977 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Alan Cranston is the 18,402nd most popular politician (up from 18,608th in 2024), the 14,782nd most popular biography from United States (up from 15,897th in 2019) and the 1,161st most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Alan Cranston ranks 18,402 out of 19,576. Before him are Takeaki Matsumoto, Karin Herrera, Robert Bergland, Steffi Lemke, Javier Velásquez, and Maya Jribi. After him are Rima Hassan, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Roy Blunt, Sandy Berger, Hua Chunying, and Orlando Zapata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Alan Cranston ranks 417. Before him are Frank Fenner, Paul Russo, Ellen Drew, Joan Marsh, Fred Clark, and Randall Jarrell. After him are Laurie Lee, Gerald Mohr, Dixy Lee Ray, Frances Reid, Howard K. Smith, and Joan Littlewood. Among people deceased in 2000, Alan Cranston ranks 373. Before him are George Armstrong, Gail Fisher, Shobhna Samarth, Marguerite Churchill, David Dukes, and Wilf Mannion. After him are Phil Katz, Cătălin Hîldan, Shay Brennan, Nazia Hassan, Jerome Richardson, and Oh Yun-kyo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Cranston ranks 14,786 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Bergland (1928), Anita Barone (1964), Boosie Badazz (1982), Ruthie Tompson (1910), Henry O'Neill (1891), and Sutton Foster (1975). After him are Marcell Jacobs (1994), Dan Povenmire (1963), Christian Kane (1972), Sheila Ingram (1957), Joseph R. Tanner (1950), and Kate Schmidt (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alan Cranston ranks 1,161. Before him are Mike Parson (1955), George B. Cortelyou (1862), Penny Pritzker (1959), Margaret Heckler (1931), Pat Quinn (1948), and Robert Bergland (1928). After him are Roy Blunt (1950), Sandy Berger (1945), Ruth Ann Minner (1935), Kelly Loeffler (1970), Muriel Bowser (1972), and James W. Nye (1815).

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