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Bruce Rauner

1957 - Today

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Bruce Vincent Rauner (; born February 18, 1956) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the chairman of R8 Capital Partners and chairman of the Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR. Rauner announced his candidacy for governor of Illinois in June 2013. He won the Republican nomination in March 2014 and defeated Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn in the general election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Rauner has received more than 1,799,916 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Rauner is the 10,643rd most popular politician (up from 11,336th in 2019), the 3,800th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,504th in 2019) and the 250th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bruce Rauner ranks 10,643 out of 19,576. Before him are John the Cappadocian, Negasso Gidada, Pabag, Ioannis Rallis, Agnes Bernauer, and Branko Mamula. After him are Isa Mustafa, Andrius Kubilius, Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Karl Buresch, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, and Nedjemibre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Bruce Rauner ranks 120. Before him are Irvine Welsh, Stephen Dillane, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Nery Pumpido, Jaco Van Dormael, and Bernie Mac. After him are Inès de La Fressange, Roberto Rojas, Mary Bell, Genie, Viktor Vekselberg, and Kadim Al Sahir.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Rauner ranks 3,800 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Croce (1943), Thomas Newman (1955), Robert Foxworth (1941), Michael Richards (1949), Darlene Conley (1934), and Aileen Riggin (1906). After him are Charles Fox Parham (1873), Ken Jenkins (1940), Norman Taurog (1899), Kylie Jenner (1997), Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), and Meg Foster (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bruce Rauner ranks 250. Before him are Lori Lightfoot (1962), Lunalilo (1835), Black Hawk (1767), Nikki Haley (1972), Kaʻahumanu (1768), and Harriet Lane (1830). After him are Elizabeth Warren (1949), George McGovern (1922), Florence Harding (1860), Jim Gray (1944), Winnaretta Singer (1865), and Jack Sharkey (1902).

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