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Barry Goldwater

1909 - 1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964. Goldwater was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he helped manage his family's department store. During World War II, he flew aircraft between the U.S. and India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Goldwater has received more than 7,462,399 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Barry Goldwater is the 9,411th most popular politician (down from 8,838th in 2019), the 3,244th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,153rd in 2019) and the 208th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barry Goldwater ranks 9,411 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammad Beheshti, Sobekemsaf I, Abu Zakariya Yahya, Sarduri I, Sani Abacha, and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus. After him are Gall, Sneferka, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, and Ælle of Sussex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Barry Goldwater ranks 133. Before him are David Frankfurter, Reuven Shiloah, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Seichō Matsumoto, W. Montgomery Watt, and Géza Toldi. After him are Max Baer, Johannes Willebrands, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Richard Wurmbrand, Henri Alekan, and Hermann Lang. Among people deceased in 1998, Barry Goldwater ranks 106. Before him are Otto Baum, Nino Ferrer, Juan José Nogués, Yuri Artyukhin, Richard Hamming, and Sani Abacha. After him are Benjamin Spock, Mary Cartwright, Joan Hickson, Birger Ruud, Hide, and Clara Rockmore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Goldwater ranks 3,244 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Wood (1883), Barbara O'Neil (1910), Clifford Brown (1930), Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Garret Hobart (1844), and Lee Krasner (1908). After him are Nancy Roman (1925), Gall (1840), Charles Grodin (1935), Clarence Brown (1890), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), and Rebbie Jackson (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Barry Goldwater ranks 208. Before him are Janet Jagan (1920), Leon Panetta (1938), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), James F. Byrnes (1882), Edith Head (1897), and Garret Hobart (1844). After him are Gall (1840), Chuck Schumer (1950), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), P. J. Kennedy (1858), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), and William A. Wheeler (1819).

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