POLITICIAN

Ella Grasso

1919 - 1981

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Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso (née Tambussi; May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975, to December 31, 1980, after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and governor. She was the first woman elected governor in Connecticut and the fourth woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. She is also the first female governor to not be the spouse or widow of a former governor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ella Grasso has received more than 250,704 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ella Grasso is the 17,833rd most popular politician (down from 16,654th in 2019), the 13,436th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,306th in 2019) and the 932nd most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ella Grasso ranks 17,833 out of 19,576. Before her are Elena Cattaneo, Julia Klöckner, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Eoin MacNeill, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Jacqui Smith. After her are Patrick M. Shanahan, Moshood Abiola, Thomas Kemmerich, Edward Bates, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Paul LePage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Ella Grasso ranks 346. Before her are Mason Adams, George Avakian, Naushad, Isabella Abbott, Gretchen Fraser, and Jayne Meadows. After her are Ellen Stewart, Mary Beth Hughes, Janet Waldo, Stanley Middleton, Wally Hickel, and Chuck Stevenson. Among people deceased in 1981, Ella Grasso ranks 296. Before her are Graham Whitehead, Tampa Red, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Doug Livingstone, Bosley Crowther, and Madge Evans. After her are Barbara Bedford, Tiny Thompson, Carl Knowles, Randhir Singh Gentle, and Billy Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ella Grasso ranks 13,436 out of 20,380. Before her are Marjorie Taylor Greene (1974), Jeff Loomis (1971), Kevin Corrigan (1969), Peter Scolari (1955), Jeremy Wariner (1984), and Charles Murray (1872). After her are Noah Lyles (1997), Jared Fogle (1977), Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Jennifer Lien (1974), Michael Dokes (1958), and Danny Woodburn (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ella Grasso ranks 932. Before her are Jane Dee Hull (1935), Debbie Stabenow (1950), George Stoneman (1822), Russell A. Alger (1836), Rod Blagojevich (1956), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (1974). After her are Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Edward Bates (1793), Kirsten Gillibrand (1966), Paul LePage (1948), Charlie Crist (1956), and Bill Lee (1959).

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