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Gaylord Nelson

1916 - 2005

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Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaylord Nelson has received more than 480,582 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gaylord Nelson is the 15,139th most popular politician (down from 12,353rd in 2019), the 9,140th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,232nd in 2019) and the 571st most popular American Politician.

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  • 480k

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  • 42.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaylord Nelson ranks 15,139 out of 15,577Before him are Rand Paul, Pia Cramling, Ann Richards, Werner Kogler, Rafael Zaldívar, and Gary Johnson. After him are Gabriela Michetti, Viktor Kuzkin, Christian Poncelet, Mark Esper, Henning Christophersen, and Avraham Burg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Gaylord Nelson ranks 252Before him are Günther Ortmann, Roger Apéry, Helene Hanff, George Montgomery, Gene Mako, and David Brown. After him are Frank Parker, Ruy de Freitas, Peter Geach, Richard K. Guy, Don Keefer, and Richard Hofstadter. Among people deceased in 2005, Gaylord Nelson ranks 285Before him are Eugene J. Martin, Richard Doll, Arnold Denker, Hubert Curien, Wendie Jo Sperber, and Robert Creeley. After him are Ramanand Sagar, Tetsuo Hamuro, Sheree North, Percy Heath, Lee Eun-ju, and Jesús Iglesias.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gaylord Nelson ranks 9,140 out of 18,182Before him are David Brown (1916), Ann Richards (1933), Clarence Hudson White (1871), Ross Bagdasarian (1919), Gary Johnson (1953), and Tina Louise (1934). After him are Dave Cutler (1942), Mark Esper (1964), Jay Hernandez (1978), Bizarre (1976), John Hodiak (1914), and Rosie Perez (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gaylord Nelson ranks 571Before him are William R. Day (1849), George Hearst (1820), John J. Sullivan (1959), Rand Paul (1963), Ann Richards (1933), and Gary Johnson (1953). After him are Mark Esper (1964), Avril Haines (1969), Neil Abercrombie (1938), Jim Risch (1943), Francis Hopkinson (1737), and Frederick Muhlenberg (1750).