1942 - Today
Eric Ken Shinseki (; Japanese: 新関 健, romanized: Shinseki Ken, born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014) and the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Shinseki has received more than 962,625 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Eric Shinseki is the 11,391st most popular politician (up from 11,796th in 2019), the 4,529th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,543rd in 2019) and the 281st most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Eric Shinseki ranks 11,391 out of 15,577. Before him are Julius Saturninus, Nebiriau II, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Abisare, Joseph François Dupleix, and Ramesuan. After him are Lorenzo Celsi, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Karim Massimov, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Publius Valerius Laevinus, and Çandarlızade Ali Pasha.
210 - 280
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 11,385
1582 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 11,386
1893 - 1976
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 11,387
2000 BC - 1900 BC
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 11,388
1697 - 1763
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 11,389
1339 - 1395
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 11,390
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 11,391
1310 - 1365
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 11,392
1532 - 1568
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 11,393
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 11,394
1932 - 2016
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 11,395
350 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 11,396
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 11,397
Among people born in 1942, Eric Shinseki ranks 313. Before him are Boubacar Traoré, Natalia Gutman, Jackie Oliver, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Dick Parry, and Chantal Goya. After him are Claude Miller, Margarita Terekhova, Björn Nordqvist, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, and Vladimir Kovalyonok.
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 307
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 308
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 309
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 310
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 311
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 312
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 313
1942 - 2012
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 314
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 315
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 316
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 317
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 318
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 319
Among people born in United States, Eric Shinseki ranks 4,529 out of 18,182. Before him are John Carroll Lynch (1963), Harry Hillman (1881), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Will Patton (1954), and George Catlin (1796). After him are Dana White (1969), Linda McMahon (1948), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), William Graham Sumner (1840), Isadore Singer (1924), and Rebecca Romijn (1972).
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 4,523
1881 - 1945
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 4,524
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 4,525
1884 - 1983
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 4,526
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 4,527
1796 - 1872
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 4,528
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 4,529
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 4,530
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 4,531
1890 - 2006
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 4,532
1840 - 1910
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 4,533
1924 - 2021
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 4,534
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 4,535
Among politicians born in United States, Eric Shinseki ranks 281. Before him are Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Ambrose Burnside (1824), Jack Sharkey (1902), Robert Byrd (1917), and Bruce Rauner (1957). After him are Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Henry Paulson (1946), Harry Reid (1939), Oliver North (1943), Michael Kahn (1935), and Gary Hart (1936).
1768 - 1830
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 275
1844 - 1926
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 276
1824 - 1881
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 277
1902 - 1994
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 278
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 279
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 280
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 281
1835 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 282
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 283
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 284
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 285
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 286
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 287