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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 politician 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 16,859,146 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Carson is the 5,917th most popular politician (down from 4,568th in 2019), the 2,013th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,545th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Politician.

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  • 17M

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  • 57.23

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ben Carson ranks 5,917 out of 15,577Before him are Dong Xian, Eulji Mundeok, Praskovia Saltykova, Charaton, Horace Walpole, and Noboru Takeshita. After him are Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Leo V, King of Armenia, Ingenuus, Ramiro III of León, Hōjō Tokimasa, and Dengizich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ben Carson ranks 68Before him are Gustavo Santaolalla, Christian Lacroix, Frank Wilczek, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Barry Marshall, and Michèle Mouton. After him are Fatmir Sejdiu, Joey Ramone, Ernesto Zedillo, Samuel Doe, Win Myint, and Javier Marías.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Carson ranks 2,013 out of 18,182Before him are Irving Penn (1917), Charles Sweeney (1919), Jim Parsons (1973), Megan Fox (1986), King Vidor (1894), and Jamie Foxx (1967). After him are Lewis Mumford (1895), Julia Ann (1969), Howard Martin Temin (1934), James Whitmore (1921), Henry Molaison (1926), and Blythe Danner (1943).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ben Carson ranks 123Before him are Kalākaua (1836), Pontiac (1714), John Hancock (1737), Alben W. Barkley (1877), Hubert Humphrey (1911), and Spiro Agnew (1918). After him are Bob Dole (1923), Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Sam Houston (1793), Paul Ryan (1970), Jack Kemp (1935), and Paul Wolfowitz (1943).

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