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Frank Knox

1874 - 1944

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William Franklin Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was an American politician, soldier, newspaper editor, and publisher. He was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936 and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. On December 7, 1941, Knox, flanked by his assistant John O’Keefe, walked into Roosevelt's White House study around 1:30 pm EST, and announced that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Born in Boston, he attended Alma College and served with the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Knox has received more than 400,669 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Frank Knox is the 15,139th most popular politician (down from 14,375th in 2019), the 7,617th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,803rd in 2019) and the 483rd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frank Knoxes by language

Over the past year Frank Knox has had the most page views in the with 58,518 views, followed by German (3,055), and Chinese (2,807). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (81.42%), Bulgarian (72.84%), and Chinese (68.69%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frank Knox ranks 15,139 out of 19,576. Before him are Lyuben Berov, Win Tin, Eva Šuranová, Billy Hughes, Marcelo Ebrard, and Narciso Campero. After him are Valérie Pécresse, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Hui Liangyu, King Qing of Zhou, Pascual Madoz, and Dimitrios Valvis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Frank Knox ranks 202. Before him are Émile Reuter, Lewis Sheldon, Janko Jesenský, James H. Johnson, George Irving, and Jean Collas. After him are Paul Van Asbroeck, Hermann Wilker, André Gaudin, Mary Garden, Grantley Goulding, and Sergey Lebedev. Among people deceased in 1944, Frank Knox ranks 268. Before him are Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, Tatyana Makarova, Charles Dana Gibson, Mary Adela Blagg, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Karel Hartmann. After him are Arthur Smith Woodward, Abdulla Aliş, Grace Chisholm Young, Jean Prévost, Kang Kyeong-ae, and George Clausen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Knox ranks 7,617 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Riehle (1948), Roxanne Hart (1952), General Tom Thumb (1838), Don McNeill (1918), Jeff Mills (1963), and Betty Bronson (1906). After him are Herbert Copeland (1902), Ford Konno (1933), Bobby Keys (1943), Russell Westbrook (1988), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), and Julia Ward Howe (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Frank Knox ranks 483. Before him are Joe Manchin (1947), Charles Lang (1902), Benjamin Butler (1818), Patrick Leahy (1940), Greg Louganis (1960), and George J. Mitchell (1933). After him are Bella Abzug (1920), Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), John M. Clayton (1796), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), and Metacomet (1639).

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