1942 - 2015
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; Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election. He also chaired the International Security Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of State, was a member of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.As an actor, usually credited as Fred Dalton Thompson, he appeared in a number of movies and television shows including Matlock, The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard 2, In the Line of Fire, Days of Thunder, and Cape Fear, as well as in commercials. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Thompson has received more than 4,622,339 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Fred Thompson is the 11,912th most popular politician (down from 11,135th in 2019), the 4,926th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,854th in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Fred Thompson ranks 11,912 out of 15,577. Before him are Ekrem İmamoğlu, Maxtla, Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, Arshak III, Terentius Maximus, and Ludeca of Mercia. After him are Robert Zoellick, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, Willem Schermerhorn, Władysław Grabski, Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge.
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 11,906
1400 - 1428
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 11,907
1859 - 1938
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 11,908
371 - 390
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 11,909
100 - 1
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,910
800 - 827
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,911
1942 - 2015
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,912
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,913
1400 - 1460
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,914
1894 - 1977
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,915
1874 - 1938
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,916
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 11,917
1868 - 1927
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 11,918
Among people born in 1942, Fred Thompson ranks 337. Before him are Ion Drîmbă, Marty Balin, Anneke Grönloh, Doğu Perinçek, Jerry Sloan, and Gillian Rubinstein. After him are Hannelore Elsner, Al Jardine, Valentin Lebedev, Eduard Markarov, Gustavo Peña, and Jean Shrimpton. Among people deceased in 2015, Fred Thompson ranks 211. Before him are Erik De Vlaeminck, Lynn Anderson, Theodore Bikel, Dragan Holcer, Tadeusz Konwicki, and Jules Bianchi. After him are Qiao Shi, Phil Woods, Daevid Allen, Alex Rocco, Giacomo Biffi, and Geoff Duke.
1942 - 2006
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 331
1942 - 2018
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 332
1942 - 2018
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 333
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 334
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 335
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 336
1942 - 2015
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 337
1942 - 2019
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 338
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 339
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 340
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 341
1942 - 2021
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 342
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 343
1945 - 2015
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 205
1947 - 2015
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 206
1924 - 2015
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 207
1945 - 2015
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 208
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 209
1989 - 2015
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 210
1942 - 2015
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 211
1924 - 2015
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 212
1931 - 2015
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 213
1938 - 2015
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 214
1936 - 2015
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 215
1928 - 2015
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 216
1923 - 2015
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 217
Among people born in United States, Fred Thompson ranks 4,926 out of 18,182. Before him are Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Carol Kane (1952), Michael Tomasello (1950), John Agar (1921), and Amber Lynn (1964). After him are Hugh McDonald (1950), Robert Zoellick (1953), Cat Power (1972), Vincent Richards (1903), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), and Dennis Lehane (1965).
1898 - 1983
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 4,920
1897 - 1933
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 4,921
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 4,922
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 4,923
1921 - 2002
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4,924
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4,925
1942 - 2015
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4,926
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4,927
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4,928
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4,929
1903 - 1959
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 4,930
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 4,931
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 4,932
Among politicians born in United States, Fred Thompson ranks 311. Before him are Dianne Feinstein (1933), Patrick Leahy (1940), Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818), Vince Lombardi (1913), Tom Hayden (1939), and Lucien Carr (1925). After him are Robert Zoellick (1953), Lester Bird (1938), Alger Hiss (1904), Chief Joseph (1840), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), and William J. Donovan (1883).
1933 - 2023
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 305
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 306
1818 - 1877
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 307
1913 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 308
1939 - 2016
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 309
1925 - 2005
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 310
1942 - 2015
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 311
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 312
1938 - 2021
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 313
1904 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 314
1840 - 1904
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 315
1930 - 2023
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 316
1883 - 1959
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 317