1936 - 1996
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the former Confederacy since 1901, alongside Andrew Young of Georgia. Jordan achieved notoriety for delivering a powerful opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Jordan has received more than 1,649,035 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Barbara Jordan is the 15,715th most popular politician (down from 14,526th in 2019), the 10,584th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,975th in 2019) and the 677th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Barbara Jordan ranks 15,715 out of 15,577. Before her are José Luis Ábalos, William Fox, Paul Manafort, Khamis Gaddafi, Jorge Del Castillo, and Klaus Tschütscher. After her are Aminata Touré, Mariann Fischer Boel, Gianuario Carta, Roland Burris, Asha-Rose Migiro, and Jens Spahn.
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 15,709
1812 - 1893
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 15,710
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 15,711
1983 - 2011
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 15,712
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 15,713
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 15,714
1936 - 1996
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 15,715
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 15,716
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 15,717
1931 - 2017
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 15,718
1937 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 15,719
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 15,720
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 15,721
Among people born in 1936, Barbara Jordan ranks 466. Before her are Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Robert F. Overmyer, Charles Dierkop, Billy Higgins, Ferenc Németh, and Akwasi Afrifa. After her are Adrian Smith, Dave Allen, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, George Voinovich, Don Cornelius, and George Eastham. Among people deceased in 1996, Barbara Jordan ranks 283. Before her are Dave Schultz, Fulvio Nesti, Adelaide Lambert, Robert F. Overmyer, Jean-Claude Piumi, and Mario Savio. After her are Pat Brown, Sverre Sørsdal, Jack Ragland, Jean Muir, Ron Brown, and Audrey Meadows.
1936 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 460
1936 - 1996
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 461
1936 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 462
1936 - 2001
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 463
1936 - Present
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 464
1936 - 1979
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 465
1936 - 1996
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 466
1936 - Present
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 467
1936 - 2005
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 468
1936 - 2019
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 469
1936 - 2016
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 470
1936 - 2012
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 471
1936 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 472
1959 - 1996
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 277
1925 - 1996
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 278
1907 - 1996
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 279
1936 - 1996
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 280
1940 - 1996
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 281
1942 - 1996
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 282
1936 - 1996
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 283
1905 - 1996
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 284
1900 - 1996
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 285
1913 - 1996
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 286
1911 - 1996
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 287
1941 - 1996
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 288
1922 - 1996
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 289
Among people born in United States, Barbara Jordan ranks 10,584 out of 18,182. Before her are Don L. Lind (1930), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), Gina Rodriguez (1984), William Murrill (1869), Kate Upton (1992), and Tristan Taormino (1971). After her are Kevin Chamberlin (1963), Roland Burris (1937), Bruce C. Murray (1931), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), and DJ Ashba (1972).
1930 - 2022
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 10,578
1881 - 1975
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 10,579
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 10,580
1869 - 1957
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 10,581
1992 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 10,582
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 10,583
1936 - 1996
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 10,584
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 10,585
1937 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 10,586
1931 - 2013
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 10,587
1928 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 10,588
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 10,589
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 10,590
Among politicians born in United States, Barbara Jordan ranks 677. Before her are Horatio Seymour (1810), Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), Simon Cameron (1799), Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), Thomas Ewing (1789), and Paul Manafort (1949). After her are Roland Burris (1937), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), Caleb Cushing (1800), Rufus King (1755), William Samuel Johnson (1727), and Mark Hanna (1837).
1810 - 1886
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 671
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 672
1799 - 1889
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 673
1817 - 1885
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 674
1789 - 1871
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 675
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 676
1936 - 1996
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 677
1937 - Present
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 678
1760 - 1833
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 679
1800 - 1879
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 680
1755 - 1827
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 681
1727 - 1819
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 682
1837 - 1904
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 683