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Bill Clinton

1946 - Today

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William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe; born August 19, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New Democrat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Clinton has received more than 56,273,624 page views. His biography is available in 170 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 159 in 2019). Bill Clinton is the 231st most popular politician (up from 253rd in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from United States (up from 80th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Politician.

Bill Clinton is most famous for being the 42nd president of the United States. He is also known for his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 170

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 8.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Clinton ranks 231 out of 19,576. Before him are António de Oliveira Salazar, Sennacherib, Mehmed VI, Yuri Andropov, Enver Hoxha, and Reinhard Heydrich. After him are Alexander III of Russia, Theodore Roosevelt, Matthias Corvinus, Thutmose III, Caracalla, and Catherine I of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Bill Clinton ranks 9. Before him are Steven Spielberg, Freddie Mercury, Cher, George W. Bush, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, and Sonia Gandhi. After him are Alan Rickman, Demis Roussos, Ted Bundy, Patti Smith, Gerard 't Hooft, and Bon Scott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Clinton ranks 75 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Lindbergh (1902), Henry David Thoreau (1817), Helen Keller (1880), Jack London (1876), Toni Morrison (1931), and Patrick Swayze (1952). After him are Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Woody Allen (1935), Al Capone (1899), Abraham Maslow (1908), Robin Williams (1951), and Stephen King (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bill Clinton ranks 25. Before him are Harry S. Truman (1884), Bernie Sanders (1941), Al Gore (1948), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), George W. Bush (1946), and George H. W. Bush (1924). After him are Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Gerald Ford (1913), Crazy Horse (1840), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), and Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927).

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