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Arlen Specter

1930 - 2012

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Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arlen Specter has received more than 1,821,133 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Arlen Specter is the 17,528th most popular politician (down from 16,022nd in 2019), the 12,529th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,453rd in 2019) and the 854th most popular American Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arlen Specter ranks 17,528 out of 19,576. Before him are Jan Brewer, John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Nika Melia, Tom Foley, Thomas Corwin, and Vuk Jeremić. After him are Patricia Roberts Harris, Coffi Codjia, Jean-François Copé, Pere Aragonès, George Barnes, and Walter Rutherford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Arlen Specter ranks 606. Before him are Louis Meznarie, Norman Podhoretz, John Arden, Nicholas F. Brady, Yves Delacour, and Sim Iness. After him are Booker Ervin, Wayne Frye, Marie Corridon, Don L. Lind, Allison Hayes, and K. Balachander. Among people deceased in 2012, Arlen Specter ranks 470. Before him are Dubravko Pavličić, Joe Kubert, John Arden, Bill Hinzman, Jules Bocandé, and Gary Collins. After him are John Fitch, Robert Bork, Alex Karras, Ronnie Montrose, Bob Boozer, and Leslie Claudius.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arlen Specter ranks 12,529 out of 20,380. Before him are Bryan Burk (1968), Mason Adams (1919), Rena Sofer (1968), Robert Frazer (1891), Brook Benton (1931), and Ira Sachs (1965). After him are Patricia Roberts Harris (1924), Jay Benedict (1951), Chris Hansen (1959), David Allan Coe (1939), George Barnes (1892), and Cathy Lee Crosby (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Arlen Specter ranks 854. Before him are John B. Floyd (1806), Tim Scott (1965), Robert F. Stockton (1795), Jan Brewer (1944), Tom Foley (1929), and Thomas Corwin (1794). After him are Patricia Roberts Harris (1924), George Barnes (1892), John Breckinridge (1760), David Paterson (1954), Henry A. Wise (1806), and Raffi Hovannisian (1959).

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