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Beto O'Rourke

1972 - Today

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Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke ( BEH-toh, also BED-oh; Spanish pronunciation: ['beto]; born September 26, 1972) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Rourke was the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018, a candidate for the presidential nomination in 2020, and the party's nominee for the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election.O'Rourke was born into a local political family in El Paso, Texas, and is a graduate of Woodberry Forest School and Columbia University. While studying at Columbia, he began a brief music career as bass guitarist in the post-hardcore band Foss. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beto O'Rourke has received more than 15,786,528 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Beto O'Rourke is the 18,827th most popular politician (down from 17,193rd in 2019), the 16,470th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,070th in 2019) and the 1,298th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Beto O'Rourke has had the most page views in the with 483,939 views, followed by Spanish (4,940), and Italian (4,521). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (40.49%), Estonian (35.37%), and Welsh (33.02%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Beto O'Rourke ranks 18,827 out of 19,576. Before him are Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Evan Bayh, Jared Polis, Fabio Basile, Katie Hobbs, and Ernesto Pérez. After him are Marie Yovanovitch, Mark Udall, Jayna Hefford, Charles L. McNary, Natalia Lavrova, and Per Bolund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Beto O'Rourke ranks 867. Before him are Maria Grozdeva, Armen Bagdasarov, David Belenguer, Daniela Hunger, Aurelia Dobre, and Ekaterina Karsten. After him are György Kolonics, Fuat Usta, Jung Sung-sook, Soundarya, Keith Wood, and Matthew Gilmore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beto O'Rourke ranks 16,470 out of 20,380. Before him are Sebastian Korda (2000), Joey Castillo (1966), Errol Spence Jr. (1990), Jade Pettyjohn (2000), Katie Hobbs (1969), and Lewis Tewanima (1888). After him are PZ Myers (1957), MC Jin (1982), Alexi Grewal (1960), Mark Udall (1950), Levy Rozman (1995), and Kristoffer Polaha (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Beto O'Rourke ranks 1,298. Before him are Mo Brooks (1954), Paula Hawkins (1927), Roger Marshall (1960), Evan Bayh (1955), Jared Polis (1975), and Katie Hobbs (1969). After him are Mark Udall (1950), Charles L. McNary (1874), Heather Nauert (1970), Darrell Issa (1953), Dave Freudenthal (1950), and Sherman Minton (1890).

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