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Caspar Weinberger

1917 - 2006

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Caspar Willard Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. As a Republican, he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, most notably as Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 1981 to November 1987. He was indicted on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing government investigations as part of the Iran–Contra investigation, but was pardoned by President George H. W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caspar Weinberger has received more than 1,239,500 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Caspar Weinberger is the 9,687th most popular politician (up from 10,186th in 2019), the 3,369th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,793rd in 2019) and the 215th most popular American Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Caspar Weinberger ranks 9,687 out of 19,576. Before him are Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Dragan Čović, Saad Hariri, Ashur-nadin-shumi, Élie, duc Decazes, and Anna Juliana Gonzaga. After him are Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Valentín Gómez Farías, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Quintus Hortensius, Giric, and Cai E.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Caspar Weinberger ranks 142. Before him are Kerim Kerimov, Dabbs Greer, Heinrich Ehrler, Georgy Vitsin, Franceska Mann, and Robert Conquest. After him are Armando Trovajoli, Adam Malik, Mongo Santamaría, Zoltán Fábri, Mouloud Mammeri, and Asima Chatterjee. Among people deceased in 2006, Caspar Weinberger ranks 133. Before him are Marie Tharp, Ferenc Szusza, W. Montgomery Watt, Johannes Willebrands, Wilson Pickett, and Valentín Paniagua. After him are Shoshana Damari, Yuval Ne'eman, Red Buttons, Seymour Martin Lipset, Rocío Jurado, and Ahmet Ertegun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Caspar Weinberger ranks 3,369 out of 20,380. Before him are Kristen Stewart (1990), Jim Beaver (1950), Tony Danza (1951), Benjamin Bratt (1963), John Leslie (1945), and John Cheever (1912). After him are Amy Irving (1953), Pharrell Williams (1973), Amanda Seyfried (1985), Michael Stipe (1960), William Goldman (1931), and Alec John Such (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Caspar Weinberger ranks 215. Before him are Gall (1840), Chuck Schumer (1950), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), P. J. Kennedy (1858), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), and William A. Wheeler (1819). After him are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Bill Nelson (1942), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Besse Cooper (1896), and James R. Schlesinger (1929).

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