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Bess Truman

1885 - 1982

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Elizabeth Virginia Truman (née Wallace; February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was the wife of President Harry S. Truman and the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She also served as the second lady of the United States from January to April 1945. At 97 years, 247 days, she remains the longest-lived first and second lady. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bess Truman has received more than 1,504,806 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Bess Truman is the 7,252nd most popular politician (down from 5,345th in 2019), the 2,346th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,834th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bess Trumen by language

Over the past year Bess Truman has had the most page views in the with 257,047 views, followed by Spanish (12,457), and French (10,907). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (91.22%), Georgian (71.22%), and Latin (61.43%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bess Truman ranks 7,252 out of 19,576. Before her are Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Azzedine Alaïa, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Sunjong of Goryeo, and Edmund Veesenmayer. After her are Ma'ruf Amin, Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Jan Tarnowski, Humberto Delgado, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and Tullia Minor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Bess Truman ranks 82. Before her are St John Philby, Camille Chautemps, Dora Pejačević, Frank Jack Fletcher, Harlow Shapley, and Jacques Feyder. After her are Platt Adams, Friedrich Kellner, Noman Çelebicihan, Theodor Kaluza, Lev Rudnev, and Nikolai Krylenko. Among people deceased in 1982, Bess Truman ranks 85. Before her are King Vidor, Henry King, Jean Girault, Djuna Barnes, Pavel Alexandrov, and Valerio Zurlini. After her are Isa Miranda, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Gara Garayev, Helene Deutsch, Savitri Devi, and Ahmad al-Khatib.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bess Truman ranks 2,346 out of 20,380. Before her are William Moulton Marston (1893), Danny Kaye (1911), Allison Janney (1959), Nancy Allen (1950), Bridget Fonda (1964), and Frank Stallone (1950). After her are Daniel McFadden (1937), Annie Potts (1952), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Gordon Scott (1926), and George Lakoff (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bess Truman ranks 155. Before her are Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), John Conyers (1929), Kamehameha II (1797), Paul P. Harris (1868), Leland Stanford (1824), and Jerome Powell (1953). After her are Dwight F. Davis (1879), Stacey Abrams (1973), John Connally (1917), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), John Hancock (1737), and Dan Quayle (1947).

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