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George W. Romney

1907 - 1995

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George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1969 to 1973. He was the father of Mitt Romney, who serves as one of the United States senators from Utah and formerly was a governor of Massachusetts and the 2012 Republican presidential nominee; the husband of 1970 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George W. Romney has received more than 2,650,343 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). George W. Romney is the 15,109th most popular politician (down from 13,862nd in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 256th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Mexican Politician.

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  • 26

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  • 1.73

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  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George W. Romney ranks 15,109 out of 19,576. Before him are Greg Louganis, Vjekoslav Bevanda, Nikolai Tanayev, Renato Ruggiero, Dharanindravarman II, and Gilles Kepel. After him are Ada Colau, Otto Liebe, Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Alain Krivine, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, and Pierre Graber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, George W. Romney ranks 299. Before him are Clifford Curzon, Willy Busch, Hassler Whitney, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, and Adalbert Püllöck. After him are Leonid Sedov, Manoelzinho, Frank Séchehaye, Bep van Klaveren, Ángel Arocha, and Ciro Verratti. Among people deceased in 1995, George W. Romney ranks 246. Before him are Margita Figuli, Nicolás Lindley López, Edmondo Fabbri, Osvald Käpp, María Luisa Bemberg, and Franco Bertinetti. After him are Nancy Kelly, Martha Genenger, Prawitz Öberg, Erich Hof, Warren E. Burger, and Karl Warner.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, George W. Romney ranks 285 out of 729. Before him are Valentín Canalizo (1794), Jaime Gómez (1929), Francisco Toledo (1940), Carlos Monsiváis (1938), Moisés Solana (1935), and Héctor Rebaque (1956). After him are Miguel León-Portilla (1926), Marcelo Ebrard (1959), Salvador Reyes Monteón (1936), Felipe Olivares (1910), Javier Valdivia (1941), and Horacio Casarín (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, George W. Romney ranks 93. Before him are Manuel María Lombardini (1802), Juan Bautista Topete (1821), Francisco Lagos Cházaro (1878), José Justo Corro (1794), José Ignacio Pavón (1791), and Valentín Canalizo (1794). After him are Marcelo Ebrard (1959), Juan Bautista de Anza (1736), Jaime Torres Bodet (1902), Francisco Javier Echeverría (1797), Juan Bautista Ceballos (1811), and Manuel Robles Pezuela (1817).

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