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Ben Carson

1951 - Today

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Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Carson has received more than 18,394,978 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ben Carson is the 5,866th most popular politician (up from 5,902nd in 2019), the 1,871st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,012th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ben Carson ranks 5,866 out of 19,576. Before him are Xiao Xin, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Charles Taylor, Brian Cowen, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and Bagrat IV of Georgia. After him are Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Maria Palaiologina, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Gasparo da Salò.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ben Carson ranks 78. Before him are Barry Marshall, Olivia Hussey, Ben Feringa, Joey Ramone, Thomas Boni Yayi, and Behgjet Pacolli. After him are Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Mamoru Oshii, Fernando Lugo, Gustavo Santaolalla, James Newton Howard, and Joe Lynn Turner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Carson ranks 1,871 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Sam Houston (1793), Karen Carpenter (1950), Stacy Keach (1941), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), and Megan Fox (1986). After him are Robert Ryan (1909), Edward Albee (1928), Pat Garrett (1850), Pat Riley (1945), Betty Grable (1916), and Carson McCullers (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ben Carson ranks 127. Before him are Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Clement Greenberg (1909), Spiro Agnew (1918), William Walker (1824), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), and Sam Houston (1793). After him are Ron Paul (1935), Cyrus Vance (1917), Jim Garrison (1921), Henry A. Wallace (1888), Avery Brundage (1887), and Pontiac (1714).

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