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Douglas Wilder

1931 - Today

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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Wilder has received more than 1,014,613 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Wilder is the 18,452nd most popular politician (down from 16,801st in 2019), the 15,243rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,785th in 2019) and the 1,153rd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Douglas Wilder ranks 18,452 out of 19,576. Before him are Javier Velásquez, Susana Martinez, Morgan Johansson, Klára Dobrev, Tom DeLay, and Jacob Rees-Mogg. After him are Tammy Baldwin, Kōichirō Genba, Krisztina Morvai, Norman Manley, Maria Cantwell, and Nooshi Dadgostar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Douglas Wilder ranks 612. Before him are Tom Laughlin, Malcolm Williamson, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ann E. Todd, Billy Casper, and Cecil Andrus. After him are Richard Bakalyan, Alan Newton, Tom Adams, Lowell Weicker, Pete Stark, and José Victor Toledo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Wilder ranks 15,243 out of 20,380. Before him are Dutch Mantel (1949), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981), Jessica Sutta (1982), Christopher Castile (1980), Angelica Ross (1980), and Aaron Peirsol (1983). After him are Tom Jager (1964), Eric Whitacre (1970), Hazel R. O'Leary (1937), Tammy Baldwin (1962), Nipsey Hussle (1985), and Hans Niemann (2003).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Douglas Wilder ranks 1,153. Before him are James W. Nye (1815), Mary Fallin (1954), Hazel Abel (1888), Kristi Noem (1971), Susana Martinez (1959), and Tom DeLay (1947). After him are Tammy Baldwin (1962), Maria Cantwell (1958), Richard J. Terrile (1951), Wendell R. Anderson (1933), Chris Smith (1953), and Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872).

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