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Fred Thompson

1942 - 2015

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Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election. He chaired the International Security Advisory Board at the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Thompson has received more than 4,911,755 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Thompson is the 12,490th most popular politician (down from 11,872nd in 2019), the 4,875th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,914th in 2019) and the 319th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

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  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fred Thompson ranks 12,490 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhang Dejiang, Edmund Randolph, Lajin, Gyula Kállai, Harihara I, and Appius Claudius Pulcher. After him are Nicaea of Macedon, Alexander Protopopov, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Oda of Haldensleben, Cai Qi, and Uchida Kōsai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Fred Thompson ranks 339. Before him are Phil Esposito, Kenneth Welsh, János Farkas, Thomas Hammarberg, Ilija Pantelić, and Arthur Brown. After him are Ricardo Blázquez, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jack DeJohnette, Derek Parfit, Eddy Mitchell, and Ichirō Ozawa. Among people deceased in 2015, Fred Thompson ranks 211. Before him are Nicolae Rainea, Gheorghe Gruia, Tadeusz Konwicki, Gunnar Hansen, Hermann Zapf, and Jules Bianchi. After him are Roddy Piper, Qiao Shi, Alex Rocco, Karl H. Pribram, Ninón Sevilla, and John Henry Holland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Thompson ranks 4,875 out of 20,380. Before him are Jenette Goldstein (1960), Edmund Randolph (1753), Kristen Bell (1980), Todd Phillips (1970), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), and Woody Herman (1913). After him are George Catlin (1796), Jane Powell (1929), Henry Adams (1838), Gianni Russo (1943), Seka (1954), and Michael S. Hart (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Fred Thompson ranks 319. Before him are Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818), Oliver North (1943), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), Sam Webb (1945), Bobby Seale (1936), and Edmund Randolph (1753). After him are Bill Richardson (1947), Joseph Brant (1742), William Joseph Simmons (1880), Walter Isaacson (1952), Daniel Morgan (1736), and Eddie Lawson (1958).

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