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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 since 2005 as the Senate Democratic whip (the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the Senate) and since 2025 as the Senate minority whip. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Durbin has received more than 3,823,295 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 36 in 2019). Dick Durbin is the 15,282nd most popular politician (down from 14,665th in 2019), the 7,842nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,300th in 2019) and the 498th most popular American Politician.

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  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dick Durbin ranks 15,282 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael Häupl, Julian Castro, Giovanni Palatucci, Pascal Yoadimnadji, Juan Bravo Murillo, and Pedro Paterno. After him are Nurlan Balgimbayev, Olympius, Dedumose II, Philip Davis, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, and Andrés Martínez Trueba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Dick Durbin ranks 541. Before him are Guy Scott, Itzhak Vissoker, Christine Goitschel, Houmane Jarir, Abuzed Omar Dorda, and Erhard Keller. After him are Rodolfo Fischer, Michael Tilson Thomas, Michael Franks, Chris von Saltza, Férid Boughedir, and Sherry Lansing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 7,842 out of 20,380. Before him are Tina Knowles (1954), Julian Castro (1974), Walter Johnson (1887), Julieta Venegas (1970), Tom Peters (1942), and Helen Gallagher (1926). After him are Carl Blegen (1887), Sidney Verba (1932), Julius J. Epstein (1909), Jerry Lawler (1949), Blanche Sweet (1896), and Jane Bowles (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dick Durbin ranks 498. Before him are Eugene Meyer (1875), John W. Snow (1939), Billy Cunningham (1943), DeWitt Clinton (1769), Jeff Sessions (1946), and Julian Castro (1974). After him are Richard Henry Lee (1732), Jean Carnahan (1933), Robert A. Lovett (1895), Melville Fuller (1833), Wilford Woodruff (1807), and David Malpass (1956).

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