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James Abourezk

1931 - 2023

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James George Abourezk ( AB-ur-esk; February 24, 1931 – February 24, 2023) was an American attorney and politician from South Dakota. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress for one term each; a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1973 and a member of the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979; he was the first Arab to serve in the United States Senate. In 1980, Abourezk founded the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) with the goal of counteracting anti-Arab racism in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Abourezk has received more than 241,042 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. James Abourezk is the 17,430th most popular politician, the 12,264th most popular biography from United States and the 826th most popular American Politician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

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  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Abourezk ranks 17,430 out of 19,576. Before him are Carter Braxton, Seiko Hashimoto, Lajos Für, Timothy Harris, Tanja Fajon, and Louis Meznarie. After him are Aécio Neves, Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, Susie Wolff, Russell Carpenter, Jesse Jackson Jr., and Sushilkumar Shinde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, James Abourezk ranks 585. Before him are Paulias Matane, Tomimaru Okuni, Nasir Hussain, Cleopa Msuya, John Shelby Spong, and John Kerr. After him are Brook Benton, Cliff Hagan, Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Bruce Halford, Bobby Collins, and Jim Bunning. Among people deceased in 2023, James Abourezk ranks 558. Before him are Georgina Beyer, Jamuna, Melissa Hoskins, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Dean Crawford, and Barbara Bosson. After him are Carole Cook, Angus Cloud, Bishan Singh Bedi, Christian Atsu, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, and Cynthia Weil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Abourezk ranks 12,264 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Bosson (1939), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), Kitty Carlisle (1910), Ellen Sandweiss (1958), Richard Stebbins (1945), and Shane Mosley (1971). After him are Emma Caulfield (1973), Tina Brooks (1932), Hyapatia Lee (1960), Tim O'Connor (1927), Crispus Attucks (1723), and Rochelle Aytes (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James Abourezk ranks 826. Before him are Michele Bachmann (1956), Rick Santorum (1958), Wade Hampton III (1818), Cori Bush (1976), Sherrod Brown (1952), and Carter Braxton (1736). After him are Russell Carpenter (1950), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), Thomas McKean (1734), Lurleen Wallace (1926), Betsy DeVos (1958), and Charles Magill Conrad (1804).

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