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George McGovern

1922 - 2012

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George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, 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 3,562,045 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). George McGovern is the 10,199th most popular politician (down from 9,498th in 2019), the 3,802nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,611th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George McGovern ranks 10,199 out of 15,577. Before him are Ernest von Koerber, Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, Demetrius of Montferrat, Caecilia Paulina, Eduardo Dato, and Tallis Obed Moses. After him are Osorkon IV, Pietro Tribuno, Nedjemibre, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Leonel Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, George McGovern ranks 191. Before him are Władysław Bartoszewski, Maila Nurmi, Carlo Lizzani, Charles Gérard, Tetsurō Tamba, and Khiuaz Dospanova. After him are Jack Klugman, Roy Salvadori, Dorothy Dandridge, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Saad el-Shazly, and Sinan Hasani. Among people deceased in 2012, George McGovern ranks 159. Before him are Carlo Rambaldi, Eve Arnold, Vitaly Vorotnikov, José María Zárraga, Lisa Della Casa, and Barry Commoner. After him are Jack Klugman, Roy Salvadori, Adrienne Rich, Rajesh Khanna, Friedrich Hirzebruch, and Josef Škvorecký.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George McGovern ranks 3,802 out of 18,182. Before him are William Goldman (1931), William Conrad (1920), Brett Cullen (1956), Rosalind Russell (1907), James Samuel Coleman (1926), and Anne Applebaum (1964). After him are Caspar Weinberger (1917), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), Jack Klugman (1922), Frances Cleveland (1864), Hank Azaria (1964), and Bruce Cabot (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George McGovern ranks 233. Before him are Judith Reisman (1935), Bobby Seale (1936), Spotted Elk (1826), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), Gabriel Almond (1911), and Lunalilo (1835). After him are Caspar Weinberger (1917), Frances Cleveland (1864), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William Joseph Simmons (1880), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), and Jesse Ventura (1951).

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