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George Dern

1872 - 1936

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George Henry Dern (September 8, 1872 – August 27, 1936) was an American politician, mining man, and businessman. He co-invented the Holt–Dern ore roasting process and was United States Secretary of War from 1933 to his death in 1936. He also served as the sixth governor of Utah for eight years, from 1925 to 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Dern has received more than 509,414 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Dern is the 17,750th most popular politician (down from 16,186th in 2019), the 13,200th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,926th in 2019) and the 913th most popular American Politician.

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  • 47.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Dern ranks 17,750 out of 19,576. Before him are Eric Bristow, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Vince Cable, Walter Lini, Petra Pau, and Red Kelly. After him are Kinzang Dorji, Tarun Gogoi, Amarinder Singh, Brice Hortefeux, Andreas Norlén, and Hugh Shearer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, George Dern ranks 199. Before him are Henry Seiling, William Nicholson, Ivar Lykke, Michael Joseph Savage, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Ralph Lewis. After him are Charles Murray, Fannie Ward, and Joseph Taylor Robinson. Among people deceased in 1936, George Dern ranks 190. Before him are Lorenzo Mangiante, Hermanus Brockmann, Abraham Berge, John McKenna, Eugène Grisot, and Frank Hornby. After him is Thomas Meighan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Dern ranks 13,200 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Lienhard (1930), Tim Witherspoon (1957), Michael Ealy (1973), Shirley Ann Grau (1929), Sam Rivers (1977), and Gail Fisher (1935). After him are Paul Schulze (1962), Jimmi Simpson (1975), John Pankow (1954), Angus T. Jones (1993), John Tobias (1969), and Charles Baker (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Dern ranks 913. Before him are Johnny Isakson (1944), Mark Warner (1954), Frank Lautenberg (1924), Mike Beebe (1946), Trent Lott (1941), and Nathan Deal (1942). After him are Bob Kasten (1942), Alfred Lindley (1904), Huma Abedin (1976), Gifford Pinchot (1865), William P. Fessenden (1806), and Alexander Martin (1740).

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