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Bill Weld

1945 - Today

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William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman, author, and politician who served as the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. A Harvard graduate, Weld began his career as legal counsel to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary before becoming the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and later, the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Weld has received more than 1,956,641 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Weld is the 16,916th most popular politician (down from 15,770th in 2019), the 10,929th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,846th in 2019) and the 721st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Weld ranks 16,916 out of 19,576. Before him are Nell Arthur, Jeremy Hunt, Donald Dewar, Jim Inhofe, Marianne Thyssen, and Jeremiah Denton. After him are Theodore Katsanevas, Djimrangar Dadnadji, Valeria Ciavatta, Gianuario Carta, Sak Kʼukʼ, and Robert P. Patterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bill Weld ranks 603. Before him are Baudilio Jáuregui, Ousmane Issoufi Maïga, Max Hastings, Cristian Gațu, Lowell George, and Angela Scoular. After him are Ottorino Sartor, Bo Ralph, Richard Taruskin, Kinza Clodumar, Franz Keller, and Ralph Doubell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Weld ranks 10,929 out of 20,380. Before him are Slide Hampton (1932), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Floyd Landis (1975), Steven Lindsey (1960), and Marilyn Maxwell (1921). After him are Karen Hantze Susman (1942), Billy Higgins (1936), Brad Gilbert (1961), Reiko Aylesworth (1972), Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993), and Stephanie Zimbalist (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bill Weld ranks 721. Before him are Josiah Bartlett (1729), Andrew Young (1932), Jake Garn (1932), Nell Arthur (1837), Jim Inhofe (1934), and Jeremiah Denton (1924). After him are Robert P. Patterson (1891), Ted Sorensen (1928), J. Donald Cameron (1833), Pat Brown (1905), William Samuel Johnson (1727), and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817).

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