1874 - 1964
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. He was a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression in the United States. A self-made man who became rich as a mining engineer, Hoover led the Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Hoover has received more than 12,373,370 page views. His biography is available in 125 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 121 in 2019). Herbert Hoover is the 587th most popular politician (up from 695th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from United States (up from 216th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Politician.
Herbert Hoover is most famous for being the 31st president of the United States. He was in office from 1929 to 1933.
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Among politicians, Herbert Hoover ranks 587 out of 15,577. Before him are Ahab, Mobutu Sese Seko, Umberto II of Italy, Jadwiga of Poland, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and Manuel I Komnenos. After him are Oscar II of Sweden, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Epaminondas, Shah Jahan, Khosrow I, and Valens.
900 BC - 852 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 581
1930 - 1997
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 582
1904 - 1983
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 583
1374 - 1399
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 584
1665 - 1714
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 585
1118 - 1180
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 586
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 587
1829 - 1907
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 588
1795 - 1861
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 589
418 BC - 362 BC
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 590
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 591
501 - 579
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 592
328 - 378
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 593
Among people born in 1874, Herbert Hoover ranks 6. Before him are Winston Churchill, Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Frost, Harry Houdini, and Arnold Schoenberg. After him are Howard Carter, Edward Thorndike, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ernst Cassirer, Chaim Weizmann, and Max Scheler. Among people deceased in 1964, Herbert Hoover ranks 4. Before him are Jawaharlal Nehru, Douglas MacArthur, and Ian Fleming. After him are Paul of Greece, Rachel Carson, Norbert Wiener, James Franck, Alma Mahler, Gerhard Domagk, Victor Francis Hess, and Vasily Grossman.
1874 - 1965
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 1
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 3
1874 - 1926
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 4
1874 - 1951
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 5
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 6
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 7
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 8
1874 - 1942
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 9
1874 - 1945
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 10
1874 - 1952
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 11
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 12
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 1
1880 - 1964
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 2
1908 - 1964
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 3
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 4
1901 - 1964
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 5
1907 - 1964
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 6
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 7
1882 - 1964
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 8
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 9
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 10
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
1905 - 1964
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Herbert Hoover ranks 174 out of 18,182. Before him are John Williams (1932), Robert K. Merton (1910), Emily Dickinson (1830), Louis Sullivan (1856), Denzel Washington (1954), and Herman Melville (1819). After him are Harvey Weinstein (1952), Jane Fonda (1937), William James Sidis (1898), Tom Cruise (1962), David Lynch (1946), and Pearl S. Buck (1892).
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 168
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 169
1830 - 1886
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 170
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 171
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 172
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 173
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 174
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 175
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 176
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 177
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 178
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 179
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 180
Among politicians born in United States, Herbert Hoover ranks 30. Before him are Barack Obama (1961), Gerald Ford (1913), Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), Sitting Bull (1831), and John Adams (1735). After him are James Monroe (1758), James Madison (1751), Andrew Jackson (1767), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), William Howard Taft (1857), and Calvin Coolidge (1872).
1961 - Present
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 24
1913 - 2006
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 25
1927 - 2016
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 26
1908 - 1973
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 27
1831 - 1890
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 28
1735 - 1826
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 29
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 30
1758 - 1831
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 31
1751 - 1836
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 32
1767 - 1845
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 33
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 34
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 35
1872 - 1933
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 36