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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 6,824,324 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Barry Goldwater is the 8,865th most popular politician (down from 8,469th in 2019), the 3,161st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,126th in 2019) and the 197th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barry Goldwater ranks 8,865 out of 15,577. Before him are Juan Belmonte, John II of Trebizond, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Liliana Segre, and Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo. After him are Isagoras, Gudit, Muhammad al-Badr, Kaliman Asen II of Bulgaria, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, and Vitale Faliero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Barry Goldwater ranks 126. Before him are Harro Schulze-Boysen, Dean Rusk, David Frankfurter, Homi J. Bhabha, Ben Webster, and Olga Rubtsova. After him are Max Baer, Héctor José Cámpora, Miklós Radnóti, Gordon Bunshaft, Juan José Nogués, and Anthony Mamo. Among people deceased in 1998, Barry Goldwater ranks 104. Before him are Clara Rockmore, Hans von Ohain, Archie Moore, Slava Metreveli, Nino Ferrer, and Aymoré Moreira. After him are Antonio Quarracino, John Chadwick, Juan José Nogués, Mancur Olson, Kamala Sohonie, and Genrich Altshuller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Goldwater ranks 3,161 out of 18,182. Before him are Jeff Buckley (1966), Waylon Jennings (1937), Zach Galifianakis (1969), Jim Simons (1938), Roy J. Plunkett (1910), and Patty Hearst (1954). After him are Chris O'Donnell (1970), John Krasinski (1979), James Hong (1929), Adam McKay (1968), Katharine Houghton (1945), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Barry Goldwater ranks 197. Before him are James S. Sherman (1855), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Charles Curtis (1860), Robert Gates (1943), and Kamehameha V (1830). After him are Elbridge Gerry (1744), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Steve Bannon (1953), Levi P. Morton (1824), James Forrestal (1892), and William A. Wheeler (1819).

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