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David Paterson

1954 - Today

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David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and the first African-American governor of New York. Following his graduation from Hofstra Law School, Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan borough president David Dinkins. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Paterson has received more than 2,271,854 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). David Paterson is the 17,536th most popular politician (down from 15,798th in 2019), the 12,542nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,897th in 2019) and the 858th most popular American Politician.

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  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Paterson ranks 17,536 out of 19,576. Before him are Coffi Codjia, Jean-François Copé, Pere Aragonès, George Barnes, Walter Rutherford, and John Breckinridge. After him are Kuldip Nayar, Ted Lindsay, Sotsha Dlamini, Julius Chan, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, and Henry A. Wise.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, David Paterson ranks 614. Before him are Dan Butler, Gregory C. Johnson, José Van Tuyne, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Cindy McCain, and Jochen Schümann. After him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Peter Erskine, Craig Wasson, Brad Little, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Walter Payton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Paterson ranks 12,542 out of 20,380. Before him are Nicole Eggert (1972), The Boogeyman (1964), Cliff Hagan (1931), Cynthia Weil (1940), Greg Maddux (1966), and John Breckinridge (1760). After him are Darby Stanchfield (1971), Morgan Woodward (1925), Madeline Manning (1948), Dorothy Phillips (1889), Sophie B. Hawkins (1964), and Ellen Geer (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, David Paterson ranks 858. Before him are Tom Foley (1929), Thomas Corwin (1794), Arlen Specter (1930), Patricia Roberts Harris (1924), George Barnes (1892), and John Breckinridge (1760). After him are Henry A. Wise (1806), Raffi Hovannisian (1959), Eliot Spitzer (1959), Kim Reynolds (1959), Kelly Craft (1962), and Varina Davis (1826).

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