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Jake Garn

1932 - Today

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Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from Utah. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress of either chamber to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jake Garn has received more than 437,804 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jake Garn is the 16,902nd most popular politician (down from 15,874th in 2019), the 10,886th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,069th in 2019) and the 717th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jake Garn ranks 16,902 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrej Danko, Anlamani, Amado Boudou, Josiah Bartlett, Andrew Young, and Stefan Sofiyanski. After him are Siv Jensen, Iryna Vereshchuk, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Dadullah, Paulo Muwanga, and María Jesús Montero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Jake Garn ranks 511. Before him are Beryl Bainbridge, Robert Reed, Sergio Caprari, Donna Douglas, W. Morgan Sheppard, and Andrew Young. After him are Slide Hampton, Daniel Kleppner, Poul Pedersen, Derek Taylor, Barbara Shelley, and Vitold Kreyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jake Garn ranks 10,886 out of 20,380. Before him are Ryan Tedder (1979), Martin David Kruskal (1925), Rockwell (1964), William Wallace Denslow (1856), AJ McLean (1978), and Nathaniel Cartmell (1883). After him are David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Chris Bauer (1966), Bertrand Halperin (1941), Harriet Sansom Harris (1955), Shannyn Sossamon (1978), and Dale Chihuly (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jake Garn ranks 717. Before him are William Eustis (1753), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), David Rice Atchison (1807), Jay Inslee (1951), Josiah Bartlett (1729), and Andrew Young (1932). After him are Nell Arthur (1837), Jim Inhofe (1934), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Bill Weld (1945), Robert P. Patterson (1891), and Ted Sorensen (1928).

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