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Daniel Inouye

1924 - 2012

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Daniel Ken Inouye ( ee-NOH-ay, Japanese: 井上 建, September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A Medal of Honor recipient, Inouye began his political career in territorial government. In 1959 he was elected as the first U.S. Representative for the State of Hawaii. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Inouye has received more than 3,867,906 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Inouye is the 9,102nd most popular politician (down from 7,049th in 2019), the 3,103rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,419th in 2019) and the 198th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel Inouye ranks 9,102 out of 19,576Before him are Tanzan Ishibashi, James S. Sherman, George Koval, Gaius Lutatius Catulus, Kocheril R. Narayanan, and Pharasmanes II of Iberia. After him are Donald Tsang, Archidamus V, Jordi Pujol, Irene Komnene Doukaina, Orodes I of Parthia, and Louise Lake-Tack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Daniel Inouye ranks 152Before him are Grégoire Kayibanda, Shintaro Abe, S. N. Goenka, M. Karunanidhi, Luigi Musso, and Motoo Kimura. After him are Zizi Jeanmaire, Franco Cristaldi, Claude Lefort, Walter Gotell, Eduardo Fajardo, and Ken Tyrrell. Among people deceased in 2012, Daniel Inouye ranks 125Before him are Jack Tramiel, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Paddy Roy Bates, Henry Hill, Russell Means, and Bohdan Stupka. After him are Sid Watkins, Pahiño, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Ahmed Jabari, Lars Hörmander, and Gae Aulenti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Inouye ranks 3,103 out of 20,380Before him are Christina Ricci (1980), Rob Schneider (1963), Jim Abrahams (1944), Winston Groom (1943), James S. Sherman (1855), and George Koval (1913). After him are Daniel Boone (1734), Esther Lederberg (1922), Frances Sternhagen (1930), Larry Semon (1889), Annie Proulx (1935), and Stephen Cole Kleene (1909).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Daniel Inouye ranks 198Before him are Levi P. Morton (1824), Mangas Coloradas (1792), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Bob Dole (1923), James S. Sherman (1855), and George Koval (1913). After him are John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Dean Rusk (1909), Janet Jagan (1920), Leon Panetta (1938), and Charles J. Guiteau (1841).