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Betsy DeVos

1958 - Today

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Elisabeth Dee DeVos ( də-VOSS; née Prince; born January 8, 1958) is an American politician, philanthropist, and former government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021. DeVos is known for her conservative political activism, and particularly her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. She was Republican national committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000, and again from 2003 to 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betsy DeVos has received more than 11,523,738 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Betsy DeVos is the 17,449th most popular politician (down from 15,872nd in 2019), the 12,288th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,065th in 2019) and the 831st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Betsy DeVos by language

Over the past year Betsy DeVos has had the most page views in the with 338,300 views, followed by German (5,680), and Chinese (4,315). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (129.37%), Azerbaijani (69.81%), and Uzbek (65.80%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Betsy DeVos ranks 17,449 out of 19,576. Before her are Lurleen Wallace, Mario Frick, Kris Peeters, Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré, Ellis Clarke, and Sikandar Jah. After her are Veerasamy Ringadoo, Stefan Liv, Cătălin Predoiu, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Raman Singh, and Charles Magill Conrad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Betsy DeVos ranks 581. Before her are Rick Santorum, Mick Harvey, Louise Ritter, Shota Khabareli, Ellen Sandweiss, and Nobutoshi Kaneda. After her are Tony Pulis, Dario Franceschini, Magnus Andersson, Robert Dill-Bundi, María Elena Moyano, and Marino Riccardi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betsy DeVos ranks 12,288 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeremy Camp (1978), Vince Gill (1957), William Bendix (1906), Duncan Gregg (1910), Kari Wuhrer (1967), and Amanda Schull (1978). After her are Domenick Lombardozzi (1976), Lauryn Williams (1983), Nan Martin (1927), Arabian Prince (1965), Noel Neill (1920), and Road Warrior Hawk (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Betsy DeVos ranks 831. Before her are Carter Braxton (1736), James Abourezk (1931), Russell Carpenter (1950), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), Thomas McKean (1734), and Lurleen Wallace (1926). After her are Charles Magill Conrad (1804), Harry Hines Woodring (1887), Ron Wyden (1949), David Perdue (1949), Nicholas F. Brady (1930), and Ann Veneman (1949).

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