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Bill Ritter

1956 - Today

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August William Ritter Jr. (born September 6, 1956) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 41st Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the district attorney for Denver before his election to the governorship in 2006. Ritter was the first Colorado-born person to be elected as Governor of Colorado since 1975, as well as being the first Democratic officeholder in 50 years to serve with a Democratic majority in the Colorado General Assembly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Ritter has received more than 375,716 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bill Ritter is the 19,054th most popular politician (down from 17,448th in 2019), the 17,449th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,145th in 2019) and the 1,395th most popular American Politician.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Ritter ranks 19,054 out of 19,576. Before him are Jahangir Khan, Mark Takano, Péter Jakab, Andrew R. Wheeler, Val Demings, and Syed Kamall. After him are Mike Rogers, Joe Crowley, Lim O-kyeong, Martin Heinrich, John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, and Mike Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Bill Ritter ranks 802. Before him are Arundhati Bhattacharya, Gerald Henderson, Jennifer Tour Chayes, George Burley, Deborah Birx, and Beverley Goddard. After him are Tessa Sanderson, Gillian Rolton, Darrell Pace, Peter Shumlin, Ray Nagin, and David Lidington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Ritter ranks 17,449 out of 20,380. Before him are Sanshiro Murao (2000), Ashton Sanders (1995), Beezie Madden (1963), Tyler Farrar (1984), Will Gluck (1974), and Demond Greene (1979). After him are Terence T. Henricks (1952), Brad Miller (1976), Michael Copon (1982), Cory Michael Smith (1986), Andrew Toney (1957), and Adam Dutkiewicz (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bill Ritter ranks 1,395. Before him are Gordon H. Smith (1952), Margaret Spellings (1957), Sean Spicer (1971), Mark Takano (1960), Andrew R. Wheeler (1964), and Val Demings (1957). After him are Mike Rogers (1958), Joe Crowley (1962), Martin Heinrich (1971), Martha McSally (1966), Kelly Loeffler (1970), and Mark Pryor (1963).

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