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Ben Nelson

1941 - Today

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Earl Benjamin Nelson (born May 17, 1941) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 37th governor of Nebraska from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and as of 2025, is the last Democrat to hold and/or win any statewide elected office in Nebraska. Nelson was an insurance executive before he entered politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Nelson has received more than 543,043 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Nelson is the 18,123rd most popular politician (down from 16,652nd in 2019), the 14,226th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,295th in 2019) and the 1,040th most popular American Politician.

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  • 540k

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  • 46.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ben Nelson ranks 18,123 out of 19,576. Before him are Frank Carlson, Li Andersson, Gabby Giffords, Jordi Sànchez, Daniel Günther, and Deval Patrick. After him are Tamar Zandberg, Daniel Manning, Beatrice Ask, Grete Faremo, Alice Bah Kuhnke, and Tom Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ben Nelson ranks 631. Before him are Tommy Thompson, Martin Carthy, Lucious Jackson, Eddie Rabbitt, Ulis Williams, and Martha Reeves. After him are Elaine Showalter, Lonnie Mack, Keith Newton, Lesley Stahl, Asko Parpola, and Cliff Drysdale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Nelson ranks 14,226 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Patrick Thomas (1970), Gabby Giffords (1970), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Juice Wrld (1998), Joely Fisher (1967), and Deval Patrick (1956). After him are Mark Arm (1962), Robby Benson (1956), Hot Rod Hundley (1934), Charles Portis (1933), Daniel Manning (1831), and Debby Boone (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ben Nelson ranks 1,040. Before him are Jared Ingersoll (1749), Lot M. Morrill (1813), Loretta Lynch (1959), Frank Carlson (1893), Gabby Giffords (1970), and Deval Patrick (1956). After him are Daniel Manning (1831), Tom Price (1954), Bill Cassidy (1957), Mike Oxley (1944), Albert Brewer (1928), and Bill Hagerty (1959).

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