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Claiborne Pell

1918 - 2009

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Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, which provides financial aid funding to American college students; the grant was given Pell's name in 1980 in honor of his work in education legislation.A member of the Democratic Party, Pell remains the longest serving U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claiborne Pell has received more than 410,362 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Claiborne Pell is the 17,277th most popular politician (down from 15,353rd in 2019), the 15,208th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,665th in 2019) and the 1,180th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Claiborne Pell ranks 17,277 out of 15,577Before him are Christine Todd Whitman, Kristi Noem, Pablo Echenique, Stavros Lambrinidis, Arundhati Bhattacharya, and Eric Holcomb. After him are Bruno Junqueira, Mary Landrieu, Zoe Lofgren, Derek Sikua, Marie Yovanovitch, and Fawzia Koofi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Claiborne Pell ranks 298Before him are George Constantine, Wilf Mannion, Nan Grey, Marjorie Lord, Jane Bryan, and Nipsey Russell.  Among people deceased in 2009, Claiborne Pell ranks 377Before him are Karine Ruby, Abrar Alvi, Andrei Yevgenyevich Ivanov, Henry Surtees, Test, and Fernando Cornejo. After him are Yasmine Belmadi, Vernon Forrest, Andy Hallett, Mark Leduc, Andriy Fedchuk, and Delara Darabi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Claiborne Pell ranks 15,208 out of 18,182Before him are Rebecca Soni (1987), Andrew Goudelock (1988), Dominic A. Antonelli (1967), Kirk Hinrich (1981), Eric Holcomb (1968), and Rowan Blanchard (2001). After him are Lou Williams (1986), Victor Rasuk (1984), Mary Landrieu (1955), Peter Cambor (1978), Robby Ginepri (1982), and Brian Scalabrine (1978).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Claiborne Pell ranks 1,180Before him are Sherman Minton (1890), Marty Walsh (1967), Bev Perdue (1947), Christine Todd Whitman (1946), Kristi Noem (1971), and Eric Holcomb (1968). After him are Mary Landrieu (1955), Zoe Lofgren (1947), Mo Brooks (1954), John Murtha (1932), Gale Norton (1954), and Joshua Bolten (1954).