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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 35 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 36 in 2019). Dick Durbin is the 15,284th most popular politician (down from 14,665th in 2019), the 7,839th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,300th in 2019) and the 498th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dick Durbins by language

Over the past year Dick Durbin has had the most page views in the with 340,594 views, followed by Chinese (7,073), and German (4,254). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (102.37%), Southern Azerbaijani (75.37%), and Lombard (62.54%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dick Durbin ranks 15,284 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 7,839 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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