POLITICIAN

George Wallace

1919 - 1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was the 45th governor of Alabama, serving from 1963 to 1967, again from 1971 to 1979, and finally from 1983 to 1987. He is remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views; however, in the late 1970s, Wallace moderated his views on race, renouncing his support for segregation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Wallace has received more than 10,433,074 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). George Wallace is the 6,682nd most popular politician (down from 6,570th in 2019), the 2,157th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,255th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Wallace ranks 6,682 out of 19,576. Before him are Ali az-Zahir, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Emperor Shirakawa, Kerei Khan, and Lusius Quietus. After him are Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Margherita de' Medici, Taimur bin Feisal, Fletcher Christian, Hifikepunye Pohamba, and Leszek II the Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, George Wallace ranks 77. Before him are Kiichi Miyazawa, Pierre Soulages, François Périer, Liberace, Christoph Probst, and Joop den Uyl. After him are Glafcos Clerides, Uta Hagen, Peter Abrahams, Frederik Pohl, Mario Bunge, and Janko Bobetko. Among people deceased in 1998, George Wallace ranks 69. Before him are Agostino Casaroli, Marie-Louise Meilleur, Haxhi Lleshi, Ferenc Deák, Roddy McDowall, and Georgy Sviridov. After him are Frithjof Schuon, Lucio Battisti, Momoko Kōchi, Ted Hughes, Remo Giazotto, and Vladimir Demikhov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Wallace ranks 2,157 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold Garfinkel (1917), Cloris Leachman (1926), Mike Pompeo (1963), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Laura Dern (1967), and Alvin Kraenzlein (1876). After him are George B. McClellan (1826), William Sadler (1950), E. E. Cummings (1894), Joe Pantoliano (1951), Ted Danson (1947), and Ken Wilber (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Wallace ranks 143. Before him are Elijah Muhammad (1897), Paul Bremer (1941), Prescott Bush (1895), Cus D'Amato (1908), Cochise (1805), and Mike Pompeo (1963). After him are Charles Curtis (1860), Ron Johnson (1955), Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), Maxwell D. Taylor (1901), Curtis LeMay (1906), and Robert Todd Lincoln (1843).

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