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George McGovern

1922 - 2012

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George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he became a renowned debater. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II. As a B-24 Liberator pilot, he flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe from a base in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George McGovern has received more than 3,874,359 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). George McGovern is the 10,747th most popular politician (down from 10,171st in 2019), the 3,850th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,792nd in 2019) and the 252nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George McGovern ranks 10,747 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Piet Joubert, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, William VI, Duke of Aquitaine, Svetlana Medvedeva, and Lucius Licinius Lucullus. After him are Jens Böhrnsen, Władysław Bartoszewski, Joseph Decaisne, Sehetepkare Intef, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, and Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, George McGovern ranks 198. Before him are Carlo Lizzani, Eugene Stoner, Alexander Kazhdan, Gilberto Agustoni, Vsevolod Bobrov, and Stanley Schachter. After him are Władysław Bartoszewski, Albert Lamorisse, Tetsurō Tamba, Dorothy Dandridge, Luiz Bonfá, and Käbi Laretei. Among people deceased in 2012, George McGovern ranks 160. Before him are William Thurston, Michel Duchaussoy, Gevork Vartanian, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Assef Shawkat, and I. K. Gujral. After him are Anita Björk, Shulamith Firestone, Vicar, Sixten Jernberg, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, and Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George McGovern ranks 3,850 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeff Fahey (1952), Brian Thompson (1959), Robert Rodriguez (1968), George Washington Carver (1864), Dave Grohl (1969), and William Devane (1939). After him are Ron Rifkin (1939), Rosario Dawson (1979), John Amos (1939), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Bruno Kirby (1949), and Thomas Gibson (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George McGovern ranks 252. Before him are Black Hawk (1767), Nikki Haley (1972), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Harriet Lane (1830), Bruce Rauner (1957), and Elizabeth Warren (1949). After him are Florence Harding (1860), Jim Gray (1944), Winnaretta Singer (1865), Jack Sharkey (1902), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), and Nick Bollettieri (1931).

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