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Eugene McCarthy

1916 - 2005

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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. McCarthy sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1968 election, challenging incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform. McCarthy unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugene McCarthy has received more than 2,122,606 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Eugene McCarthy is the 13,392nd most popular politician (up from 13,456th in 2019), the 5,637th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,444th in 2019) and the 360th most popular American Politician.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eugene McCarthy ranks 13,392 out of 19,576. Before him are Algirdas Butkevičius, Joseph Pholien, Eugen Bolz, Ruth Belville, Kudur-Mabuk, and Patrick Devedjian. After him are Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Khalid al-Azm, Chief Joseph, King Jian of Zhou, Ezana of Axum, and Francesco Cornaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Eugene McCarthy ranks 170. Before him are Johnny Claes, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Bruno Chizzo, Harry James, Herbert Norkus, and Adriana Caselotti. After him are Jacob Talmon, Hidetoki Takahashi, Fernando Lamas, Olga Lepeshinskaya, James B. Donovan, and Pruden. Among people deceased in 2005, Eugene McCarthy ranks 192. Before him are Fei Xiaotong, Song Renqiong, Maclyn McCarty, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Donald Watson, and Luther Vandross. After him are Nirmal Verma, Barrington Moore Jr., Sígfrid Gràcia, Saunders Mac Lane, Larry Collins, and Charles David Keeling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene McCarthy ranks 5,637 out of 20,380. Before him are Shelley Long (1949), Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947), Roger E. Mosley (1938), Floyd Westerman (1936), Joey Kramer (1950), and Julian Beck (1925). After him are Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Rey Mysterio (1974), Chief Joseph (1840), Jennifer Welles (1937), Robert Darnton (1939), and Jessie Royce Landis (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Eugene McCarthy ranks 360. Before him are Robert Byrd (1917), Strom Thurmond (1902), William R. King (1786), Osceola (1804), Eric Adams (1960), and Budge Patty (1924). After him are Chief Joseph (1840), J. William Fulbright (1905), Henry Knox (1750), Roger Sherman (1721), Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), and Eric Shinseki (1942).

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