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Bobby Rush

1946 - Today

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Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district for three decades, ending in 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. Rush was first elected to Congress in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Rush has received more than 1,241,381 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bobby Rush is the 18,517th most popular politician (down from 16,766th in 2019), the 15,443rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,688th in 2019) and the 1,177th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bobby Rush ranks 18,517 out of 19,576. Before him are Vera C. Bushfield, Byron Dorgan, Thomas Eagleton, Ingrid Haringa, Thomas Schäfer, and Donald Sangster. After him are Houda Nonoo, Lawton Chiles, Ariana Marie, Adebayo Adedeji, Richard Schweiker, and Bob Corker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Bobby Rush ranks 813. Before him are Tim Johnson, Johnny Crawford, Pacita Abad, Don Chaney, Bill Forsyth, and Ron Boone. After him are Terry Hart, William Frederick Fisher, Nalini Malani, David Watson, Kenneth Turan, and Jodi Rell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Rush ranks 15,443 out of 20,380. Before him are Byron Dorgan (1942), Thomas Eagleton (1929), Ana Gasteyer (1967), Trace Cyrus (1989), Stanley Andrews (1891), and Katharine McPhee (1984). After him are Chris Lowell (1984), Soleil Moon Frye (1976), Miriam Shor (1971), Molly Gordon (1995), Chelsea Noble (1964), and Logan Sargeant (2000).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bobby Rush ranks 1,177. Before him are Judd Gregg (1947), Jack Dalrymple (1948), Mel Carnahan (1934), Vera C. Bushfield (1889), Byron Dorgan (1942), and Thomas Eagleton (1929). After him are Lawton Chiles (1930), Ariana Marie (1993), Richard Schweiker (1926), Bob Corker (1952), Anna Eshoo (1942), and Tina Smith (1958).

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