1944 - Today
Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served as the Senate Democratic whip since 2005 (the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the Senate) and as the Senate majority whip since 2021. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Durbin has received more than 3,496,937 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Dick Durbin is the 14,716th most popular politician (down from 13,992nd in 2019), the 8,318th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,523rd in 2019) and the 510th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Dick Durbin ranks 14,716 out of 15,577. Before him are Aleksandr Tkachyov, Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, Domnall Brecc, Suen-magir, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, and Leabua Jonathan. After him are Ashur-nirari II, Jerónimo Saavedra, Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, Antonio Flores Jijón, and Johan Sverdrup.
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 14,710
1935 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 14,711
700 - 642
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 14,712
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 14,713
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 14,714
1914 - 1987
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 14,715
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 14,716
1500 BC - 1500 BC
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 14,717
1936 - 2023
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 14,718
1890 - 1973
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 14,719
1837 - 1905
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 14,720
1833 - 1915
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 14,721
1816 - 1892
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 14,722
Among people born in 1944, Dick Durbin ranks 513. Before him are Jacques Beurlet, Pierre Trentin, Willy Planckaert, Pedro de Felipe, Francis Lee, and Kjartan Fløgstad. After him are Alexander Berzin, Lorne Michaels, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Miklós Páncsics, Simon Blackburn, and Volodymyr Kaplychnyi.
1944 - 2020
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 507
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 508
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 509
1944 - 2016
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 510
1944 - 2023
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 511
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 512
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 513
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 514
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 515
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 516
1944 - 2007
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 517
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 518
1944 - 2004
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 519
Among people born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 8,318 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry L. Ross (1948), Dominique Swain (1980), Damon Runyon (1880), John Clauser (1942), Haley Bennett (1988), and Bill Camp (1961). After him are Michael Patrick King (1954), Bruce Bennett (1906), James Gammon (1940), Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919), Randy Edelman (1947), and Billy Brown (1970).
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,312
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,313
1880 - 1946
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,314
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,315
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,316
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 8,317
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8,318
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8,319
1906 - 2007
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8,320
1940 - 2010
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8,321
1919 - 1991
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8,322
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8,323
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 8,324
Among politicians born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 510. Before him are Joe Arpaio (1932), John Boehner (1949), Tenskwatawa (1775), John Forsyth (1780), Charles Sumner (1811), and Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969). After him are Lewis Cass (1782), George Bancroft (1800), Philip Schuyler (1733), Rodney Mullen (1966), Frances Perkins (1880), and R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941).
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 504
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 505
1775 - 1836
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 506
1780 - 1841
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 507
1811 - 1874
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 508
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 509
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 510
1782 - 1866
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 511
1800 - 1891
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 512
1733 - 1804
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 513
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 514
1880 - 1965
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 515
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 516