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Dan White

1946 - 1985

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Daniel James White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was an American politician who assassinated George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, inside City Hall on November 27, 1978. White was convicted of manslaughter for the deaths of Milk and Moscone and served five years of a seven-year prison sentence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan White has received more than 3,588,617 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan White is the 15,298th most popular politician (down from 13,947th in 2019), the 9,491st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,420th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dan White ranks 15,298 out of 15,577Before him are John Bell, Haim Ramon, Geraint, Mohamed Said Fofana, Nikos Dendias, and Samuel Plimsoll. After him are Asaf Ali, Mridula Sinha, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Louis Meznarie, Cheick Modibo Diarra, and Terry Branstad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Dan White ranks 588Before him are Tom Harrell, Ravi Zacharias, Oganes Zanazanyan, Dean Cundey, Jacques Sylla, and Jan Werner. After him are Terry Branstad, Stanisław Barańczak, Youssef Absi, Pavel Chukhray, Clive Bunker, and Roar Grønvold. Among people deceased in 1985, Dan White ranks 227Before him are Nelson Riddle, Alvah Bessie, Jacques de Lacretelle, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Fredy Perlman, and Tom Richards. After him are Milton H. Greene, Mary MacLaren, Helmut Niedermayr, Leatrice Joy, Forbes Burnham, and Dragomir Tošić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan White ranks 9,491 out of 18,182Before him are Arabian Prince (1965), Kenny Garrett (1960), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Yancy Butler (1970), Veronica Hamel (1943), and Baby Dodds (1898). After him are Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), Terry Branstad (1946), Clu Gulager (1928), James Daly (1918), Gillian Flynn (1971), and Gene Ammons (1925).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dan White ranks 593Before him are Angus King (1944), Gray Davis (1942), William Pinkney (1764), Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816), Tipper Gore (1948), and John Bell (1796). After him are Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), Terry Branstad (1946), George Deukmejian (1928), Ted Stevens (1923), George Read (1733), and Henry Cabot Lodge (1850).