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Ed Koch

1924 - 2013

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Edward Irving Koch ( KOTCH; December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Koch has received more than 3,616,873 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Koch is the 13,133rd most popular politician (down from 11,164th in 2019), the 5,411th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,387th in 2019) and the 344th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ed Koch ranks 13,133 out of 19,576. Before him are Alger Hiss, Albert Meyer, Federico Franco, J. G. Strijdom, Gaius Marcius Rutilus, and Lucius Aurelius Cotta. After him are Walter Momper, Alexander Bezborodko, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Denis Pushilin, David Johnston, and Wiglaf of Mercia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ed Koch ranks 271. Before him are Lloyd Alexander, Hidemaro Watanabe, Eduardo Paolozzi, Raoul Coutard, John Winter, and Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber. After him are J. D. Tippit, Sylvia Miles, Sabu Dastagir, Ruth Leuwerik, Jean Bartik, and Omero Tognon. Among people deceased in 2013, Ed Koch ranks 267. Before him are David Frost, Nadir Afonso, Dezső Gyarmati, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Alla Kushnir, and Roman Vlad. After him are Domenico Bartolucci, Krsto Papić, Virginia E. Johnson, Michael Winner, Princess Margarita of Baden, and Bobby Bland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Koch ranks 5,411 out of 20,380. Before him are Seraphim Rose (1934), Ted Meredith (1891), Ajita Wilson (1950), Albert Dekker (1905), Burt Ward (1945), and Edie Falco (1963). After him are Harry Guardino (1925), Roy Cohn (1927), Anthony Mackie (1978), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Ian Ziering (1964), and Don Schollander (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ed Koch ranks 344. Before him are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Jay Garner (1938), John Warner (1927), Spotted Elk (1826), and Alger Hiss (1904). After him are William Cohen (1940), John J. McCloy (1895), Babushka Lady (1930), Richard Helms (1913), Maura Healey (1971), and Pete Rose (1941).

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