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Barbara Lee

1946 - Today

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Barbara Jean Lee (née Tutt; born July 16, 1946) is an American politician who has served as the 52nd mayor of Oakland since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Lee previously served as a U.S. representative from California from 1998 to 2025, representing California's 12th congressional district (numbered as the 9th district from 1998 to 2013 and as the 13th district from 2013 to 2023). She also served in both houses of the California State Legislature from 1990 to 1998. Born and raised in Texas, Lee was educated at Mills College and the University of California, Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Barbara Lee is the 17,918th most popular politician (up from 18,019th in 2024), the 13,358th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,983rd in 2019) and the 1,015th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barbara Lee ranks 17,918 out of 19,576. Before her are David Tonoyan, Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Jake Sullivan, Iain Duncan Smith, Bert Koenders, and Monica Frassoni. After her are Gilberto Kassab, Joseph Story, Edith Cowan, Hervé Morin, Alfredo Lim, and Martin Sonneborn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Barbara Lee ranks 783. Before her are Susan Saint James, Stephen Rerych, Leo Rossi, Zeca, Stuart Christie, and Mike Wilds. After her are Joe Kinnear, Rosanna Marani, Kitty O'Neil, Bill Plympton, Natalya Pechonkina, and Aruna Roy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Lee ranks 13,362 out of 20,380. Before her are Ted Ligety (1984), Sarah Drew (1980), Arthur Fry (1931), Taylor Townsend (1996), Jon Abrahams (1977), and Jessica Bowman (1980). After her are Brian Geraghty (1975), Willard Schmidt (1910), Joseph Story (1779), Storrs L. Olson (1944), Rachel Levine (1957), and Robby Benson (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Barbara Lee ranks 1,015. Before her are Stephen Hadley (1947), John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886), Olympia Snowe (1947), Audrey Patterson (1926), Mark Warner (1954), and Jake Sullivan (1976). After her are Joseph Story (1779), Jeff Merkley (1956), Jim Gilmore (1949), Oliver Wolcott (1726), Frank Murphy (1890), and Steve Beshear (1944).

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