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POLITICIAN

George Moscone

1929 - 1978

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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

Among politicians, George Moscone ranks 13,430 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, George Moscone ranks 337Before 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 169Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Moscone ranks 6,352 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Moscone ranks 396Before 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).