POLITICIAN

David Duke

1950 - Today

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David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American politician, white supremacist, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1989 to 1992, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the Republican Party. His politics and writings are largely devoted to promoting conspiracy theories about Jews, such as Holocaust denial and Jewish control of academia, the press, and the financial system. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Duke has received more than 10,824,086 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). David Duke is the 1,601st most popular politician (up from 7,411th in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,565th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Dukes by language

Over the past year David Duke has had the most page views in the with 1,002,175 views, followed by German (35,632), and French (35,390). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Javanese (107.64%), Irish (81.79%), and Simple English (56.56%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Duke ranks 1,601 out of 19,576Before him are René of Anjou, John Kerry, Elsa Einstein, Lazar Kaganovich, Baasha of Israel, and Mentuhotep II. After him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi, William II, Prince of Orange, Hans Fritzsche, Paul Biya, Albert II, Duke of Austria, and Constantius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, David Duke ranks 16Before him are Vicente del Bosque, Stevie Wonder, Ed Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Jim Mattis, and Steven Van Zandt. After him are Bill Murray, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Anne, Princess Royal, Gilles Villeneuve, Joe Hisaishi, and Néstor Kirchner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Duke ranks 483 out of 20,380Before him are Shirley Temple (1928), Paul Ekman (1934), John Kerry (1943), Chuck Jones (1912), Jerome Bruner (1915), and Gwen Stefani (1969). After him are George Foreman (1949), John Malkovich (1953), Sidney Poitier (1927), Buffalo Bill (1846), Nick Nolte (1941), and Robert Kiyosaki (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, David Duke ranks 63Before him are Millard Fillmore (1800), Jim Mattis (1950), Dick Cheney (1941), John Tyler (1790), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), and John Kerry (1943). After him are Chester A. Arthur (1829), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Kamala Harris (1964), Boris Johnson (1964), and Colin Powell (1937).