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Herb Kohl

1935 - 2023

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Herbert Hiken Kohl (February 7, 1935 – December 27, 2023) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served 24 years as a United States senator from Wisconsin, from 1989 to 2013, and earlier served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. From 1970 to 1979, Kohl was president of Kohl's Corporation, his family's business that owned the Kohl's department stores chain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herb Kohl has received more than 1,009,286 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Herb Kohl is the 553rd most popular businessperson (up from 637th in 2019), the 7,864th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,499th in 2019) and the 181st most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Herb Kohl ranks 553 out of 847. Before him are Arianna Huffington, Güler Sabancı, Mark Shuttleworth, Salt Bae, Jean-Dominique Senard, and Kaz Hirai. After him are Stafford Beer, Christy Walton, Sherry Lansing, Adam Silver, Howard Stringer, and Marcus Loew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Herb Kohl ranks 388. Before him are Kiki Kogelnik, Halina Poświatowska, Esther Phillips, Núria Espert, Margarita Nikolaeva, and Marco Coll. After him are Carlo Facetti, Jim Dine, John Cordts, Jadwiga Barańska, Roberto Sosa, and Malick Sidibé. Among people deceased in 2023, Herb Kohl ranks 479. Before him are Jaak Lipso, Attila Abonyi, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Benjamin Zephaniah, Julie Garwood, and Cindy Williams. After him are Richard Lynn, Dick Butkus, Kenneth McAlpine, Lisa Loring, Ritt Bjerregaard, and Sergey Tereshchenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herb Kohl ranks 7,864 out of 20,380. Before him are William Alexander Morgan (1928), Tori Black (1988), Scott Weiland (1967), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), Jim Root (1971), and Lindsay Crouse (1948). After him are Judd Nelson (1959), Wally Funk (1939), Jamie Kennedy (1970), Warren Frost (1925), Oliver Macdonald (1904), and Fischer Black (1938).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Herb Kohl ranks 181. Before him are Joe Sutter (1921), Richard Hilton (1955), Jay Gould (1836), Trip Hawkins (1953), Richard Bass (1929), and Susan Kare (1954). After him are Christy Walton (1949), Sherry Lansing (1944), Adam Silver (1962), Marcus Loew (1870), Bruce Buck (1946), and Harvey S. Firestone (1868).

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