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Howard Baker

1925 - 2014

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Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 – June 26, 2014) was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Baker has received more than 1,068,378 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Howard Baker is the 16,537th most popular politician (down from 15,136th in 2019), the 10,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,234th in 2019) and the 655th most popular American Politician.

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  • 43.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Howard Baker ranks 16,537 out of 19,576. Before him are James Cleverly, Richard A. Falk, Aurelio Mosquera, Tsetska Tsacheva, Mihai Tudose, and Anatole Collinet Makosso. After him are Andriy Sadovyi, Kim Eun-sook, Guillermo Fariñas, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Eadberht III Præn, and Zera Yacob Amha Selassie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Howard Baker ranks 468. Before him are Heinz Ulzheimer, Ravindra Kelekar, Václav Machek, Betty McKinnon, Doc Pomus, and Corinne Calvet. After him are Tage Henriksen, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Merv Griffin, Eduardo Risso, Robert B. Sherman, and Gloria DeHaven. Among people deceased in 2014, Howard Baker ranks 460. Before him are Violetta Ferrari, John Houbolt, Franz Gabl, Anjali Devi, Gyula Sax, and Peter Matthiessen. After him are Jacques Friedel, Iñaki Azkuna, Dominique Baudis, Fyodor Cherenkov, Antonio Rada, and Tony Settember.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Baker ranks 10,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Gloria Hendry (1949), David Simon (1960), Peter Matthiessen (1927), Darren McGavin (1922), Scott Foley (1972), and Mitch Lucker (1984). After him are Victoria Justice (1993), Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961), Cheryl Studer (1955), Marla Gibbs (1931), Ben Browder (1962), and Ella Baker (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Howard Baker ranks 655. Before him are Susan Collins (1952), Ted Stevens (1923), Rufus King (1755), Robert Elswit (1950), Les Aspin (1938), and Richard A. Falk (1930). After him are Mike Huckabee (1955), Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807), John Delaney (1963), Mike Honda (1941), Bob Kerrey (1943), and John Bell (1796).

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