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George Moscone

1929 - 1978

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George Richard Moscone ( mə-SKOH-nee; November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 37th mayor of San Francisco 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. A member of the Democratic Party, Moscone served in the California State Senate from 1967 until becoming mayor; in the Senate he served as majority leader. He is remembered for being an advocate of civil progressivism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). George Moscone is the 16,264th most popular politician (down from 14,604th in 2024), the 9,476th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,929th in 2019) and the 720th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, George Moscone ranks 16,264 out of 19,576. Before him are Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Little Crow, Akylbek Japarov, Müfide İlhan, Sam Matekane, and Pete Wilson. After him are Gaetano Martino, Stephan Weil, Surendranath Banerjee, Takashi Yokoyama, Roland Burris, and Ștefan Golescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, George Moscone ranks 467. Before him are Sofia Muratova, Edith M. Flanigen, Mikhail Krivonosov, William E. Thornton, Ignacio Velasco, and Richard Dysart. After him are Yozhef Betsa, Bob Brookmeyer, Ursula Knab, Rex Hartwig, Evert Gunnarsson, and Irwin I. Shapiro. Among people deceased in 1978, George Moscone ranks 231. Before him are Jorge de Sena, Geoffrey Unsworth, Francisco Mendes, Károly Levitzky, Terry Kath, and Mauk Weber. After him are Prvoslav Mihajlović, Vera Maretskaya, Valerian Gracias, Edgar Bergen, Alfred Braun, and Dragoslav Mihajlović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Moscone ranks 9,478 out of 20,380. Before him are Will Yun Lee (1971), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Vitamin C (1972), Harvey Korman (1927), Tom M. Apostol (1923), and Pete Wilson (1933). After him are Alexis Arquette (1969), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Roland Burris (1937), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Robert Stangland (1881), and David Koepp (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Moscone ranks 720. Before him are Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Angus King (1944), Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), William Z. Foster (1881), Little Crow (1810), and Pete Wilson (1933). After him are Roland Burris (1937), Tipper Gore (1948), Philander C. Knox (1853), Simon Guggenheim (1867), Harlow Curtice (1893), and Charles Sumner (1811).

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