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Dick Durbin

1944 - Today

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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

Among politicians, Dick Durbin ranks 14,716 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Dick Durbin ranks 513Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 8,318 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 510Before 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).

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