POLITICIAN

George Moscone

1929 - 1978

Photo of George Moscone

Icon of person George Moscone

George Richard Moscone ( mə-SKOH-nee; November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an attorney and Democratic 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. Moscone served in the California State Senate from 1967 until becoming mayor; in the Senate he served as majority leader. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Moscone has received more than 1,525,400 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Moscone is the 14,613th most popular politician (down from 13,382nd in 2019), the 6,931st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,339th in 2019) and the 445th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Moscone ranks 14,613 out of 19,576. Before him are Carlos Veiga, Jean-Paul Proust, Wuffa of East Anglia, Guillermo Billinghurst, Joe Slovo, and José Pardo y Barreda. After him are John Forsyth, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Margarita Robles, He Xiangning, Georges Theunis, and Tiberius Sempronius Longus.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, George Moscone ranks 376. Before him are Bert Stern, Béla Kárpáti, Bruno Junk, Francis Bebey, Rajkumar, and Ignacio Velasco. After him are Gerry Anderson, Günter Kunert, Dilara Aliyeva, Nathalia Timberg, Eliseo Prado, and Elizabeth Spriggs. Among people deceased in 1978, George Moscone ranks 188. Before him are Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Willy Hansen, Carlos Torre Repetto, Ivan Kavaleridze, Mladen Ramljak, and František Šterc. After him are Edgar Bergen, Vasili Merkuryev, Ralph Metcalfe, Greta Johansson, Maurice Carême, and Paul Yü Pin.

Others Born in 1929

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1978

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, George Moscone ranks 6,931 out of 20,380. Before him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), John L. Hennessy (1952), Mary Lou Williams (1910), Steve Miller (1943), Benjamin Banneker (1731), and Charles W. Juels (1944). After him are Harriet Bland (1915), John Forsyth (1780), Frank Belknap Long (1901), William Pinkney (1764), Neil Campbell (1946), and Larry Fine (1902).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Moscone ranks 445. Before him are Max Baucus (1941), Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Vernon A. Walters (1917), Bainbridge Colby (1869), William Colby (1920), and Louis McLane (1786). After him are John Forsyth (1780), William Pinkney (1764), Rahm Emanuel (1959), Bill de Blasio (1961), Roger B. Taney (1777), and Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831).

American born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous