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Don Young

1933 - 2022

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Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from Alaska. He is the longest-serving Republican in House history, having been the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district for 49 years, from 1973 until his death in 2022. Born and raised in California, Young moved to Alaska in 1959 after a stint in the U.S. Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Young has received more than 2,013,123 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Don Young is the 17,019th most popular politician (down from 15,870th in 2019), the 11,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,061st in 2019) and the 742nd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

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  • 42.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Don Young ranks 17,019 out of 19,576. Before him are Anton Rop, Yahya Ould Hademine, Seiji Maehara, Hérard Abraham, Vladimir Rushailo, and Zeid Raad Al Hussein. After him are John Graves Simcoe, Yevgeny Roizman, Aleksy Antkiewicz, Dietmar Woidke, Saufatu Sopoanga, and Henry Hyndman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Don Young ranks 508. Before him are Vic Emery, Jiří Lanský, Renato Pirocchi, Umberto Colombo, Konstantin Loktev, and Jimmy T. Murakami. After him are Mihály Mayer, Lou Adler, Sándor Sára, Milt Campbell, Peter Broadbent, and Hayes Alan Jenkins. Among people deceased in 2022, Don Young ranks 586. Before him are Tomasz Wójtowicz, Alexei Panshin, Bappi Lahiri, Werner Israel, Hérard Abraham, and Duvall Hecht. After him are Charlbi Dean, Aaron Carter, Oksana Shvets, Wilson Kiprugut, Ilan Gilon, and Kabasu Babo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Young ranks 11,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Wuhl (1951), Duvall Hecht (1930), David Miller (1973), Mackenzie Phillips (1959), Ralph Bishop (1915), and Jaycee Chan (1982). After him are Ed Flanders (1934), Mae Faggs (1932), Abby Mann (1927), Carrie Coon (1981), Jimmy Butler (1989), and Lily Gladstone (1986).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Don Young ranks 742. Before him are Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), Ron Brown (1941), John Brown Gordon (1832), Barbara Jordan (1936), Isidore Mankofsky (1931), and John Adams Dix (1798). After him are Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Steny Hoyer (1939), Howell Cobb (1815), Horatio Seymour (1810), Charles J. Folger (1818), and Elliot Richardson (1920).

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