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Ben Cardin

1943 - Today

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Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 2007 until 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from 1979 to 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Cardin has received more than 1,625,155 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ben Cardin is the 15,936th most popular politician (down from 15,479th in 2019), the 8,843rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,050th in 2019) and the 568th most popular American Politician.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ben Cardin ranks 15,936 out of 19,576. Before him are Yun Chi-young, Manuel Chaves, Jejomar Binay, Retno Marsudi, Angus King, and James Comey. After him are Vladimir Pashkov, Henry Dearborn, Gediminas Vagnorius, Ruth Williams Khama, Galab Donev, and Michael Portillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ben Cardin ranks 575. Before him are Kaoru Ikeya, Toni Basil, Mariann Fischer Boel, Stephen Greenblatt, Silvia Cartwright, and Tommy Gemmell. After him are Jonathan Lynn, Paul Corkum, Vern Schuppan, Sumitra Mahajan, Roger Kolo, and James Herbert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Cardin ranks 8,843 out of 20,380. Before him are Kelly Rowland (1981), Allen Toussaint (1938), Gabrielle Union (1972), Angus King (1944), Lee Garmes (1898), and James Comey (1960). After him are Carl Foreman (1914), Darren Star (1961), Richard Dysart (1929), William Stanley Haseltine (1835), Peter Farrelly (1956), and Alan Washbond (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ben Cardin ranks 568. Before him are John F. Kelly (1950), Mike Dunleavy (1961), H. R. Haldeman (1926), John Ashcroft (1942), Angus King (1944), and James Comey (1960). After him are Henry Dearborn (1751), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), William L. Marcy (1786), Chris Christie (1962), George Deukmejian (1928), and John Morton (1725).

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