1929 - 1978
George Richard Moscone ( mə-SKOH-nee; November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an attorney and Democratic politician who was the 37th mayor of San Francisco, California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978. He was known as "The People's Mayor," who opened up City Hall and its commissions to reflect the diversity of San Francisco, appointing African Americans, Asian Americans, and gay people. Moscone served in the California State Senate from 1967 until becoming mayor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Moscone has received more than 1,383,084 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Moscone is the 13,430th most popular politician (down from 12,766th in 2019), the 6,352nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,842nd in 2019) and the 396th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, George Moscone ranks 13,430 out of 15,577. Before him are Shahu I, Manasseh Sogavare, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Nobuo Kishi, Lucius Postumius Albinus, and Salvador Jovellanos. After him are Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan, Rexhep Mitrovica, Seaxburh of Wessex, Otto Stich, Ignacio Milam Tang, and Manuel Portela Valladares.
1682 - 1749
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 13,424
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 13,425
1919 - 2018
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 13,426
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 13,427
300 BC - 215 BC
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 13,428
1833 - 1881
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 13,429
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 13,430
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 13,431
1888 - 1967
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 13,432
700 - 674
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 13,433
1927 - 2012
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 13,434
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 13,435
1867 - 1952
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 13,436
Among people born in 1929, George Moscone ranks 337. Before him are André Darrigade, Milan Panić, Thomas Remengesau Sr., Abderrahmane Mahjoub, William E. Thornton, and Mikhail Simonov. After him are Birgitta Trotzig, Ernesto Grillo, Germain Derycke, Zbigniew Messner, Alfredo Pérez, and Azzeddine Laraki. Among people deceased in 1978, George Moscone ranks 169. Before him are Giuseppe Impastato, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Willy Hansen, Greta Johansson, James B. Conant, and John Lyng. After him are Germain Derycke, Will Geer, Victor Hasselblad, Philip Ahn, Sandy Denny, and Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh.
1929 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 331
1929 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 332
1929 - 2019
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 333
1929 - 2011
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 334
1929 - 2021
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 335
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 336
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 337
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 338
1929 - 1998
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 339
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 340
1929 - 2014
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 341
1929 - 1994
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 342
1929 - 2010
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 343
1948 - 1978
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 163
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 164
1906 - 1978
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 165
1895 - 1978
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 166
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 167
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 168
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 169
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 170
1902 - 1978
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 171
1906 - 1978
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 172
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 173
1947 - 1978
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 174
1911 - 1978
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 175
Among people born in United States, George Moscone ranks 6,352 out of 18,182. Before him are Kurt Fuller (1953), Rance Howard (1928), Bob Backlund (1949), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Randy Jackson (1961), and Helen Thomas (1920). After him are Erik Olin Wright (1947), Greg Germann (1958), Jimmy Ellis (1940), Robert Kramer (1939), Eddie Cantor (1892), and Charles Bassett (1931).
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,346
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,347
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,348
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,349
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,350
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,351
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,352
1947 - 2019
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,353
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,354
1940 - 2014
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,355
1939 - 1999
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,356
1892 - 1964
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,357
1931 - 1966
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,358
Among politicians born in United States, George Moscone ranks 396. Before him are Jay Garner (1938), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), John Podesta (1949), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), and Rahm Emanuel (1959). After him are Richard Helms (1913), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Norman Mineta (1931), Eugene McCarthy (1916), and José Graziano da Silva (1949).
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 390
1803 - 1891
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 391
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 392
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 393
1910 - 2004
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 394
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 395
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 396
1913 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 397
1816 - 1865
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 398
1935 - 2011
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 399
1931 - 2022
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 400
1916 - 2005
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 401
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 402