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James Baker

1930 - Today

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James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House chief of staff and 67th United States secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. secretary of state before returning as the 16th White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush. Born in Houston, Baker attended the Hill School and Princeton University before serving in the United States Marine Corps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Baker has received more than 3,194,134 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). James Baker is the 7,627th most popular politician (down from 7,092nd in 2019), the 2,503rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,437th in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Politician.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Baker ranks 7,627 out of 19,576. Before him are Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Andrés Bello, Luis Alberto Lacalle, Magdalena Andersson, and Gustav Freytag. After him are William, Prince of Hohenzollern, William II of Dampierre, Yusof Ishak, Aripert II, Chaim Rumkowski, and Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, James Baker ranks 141. Before him are Kinji Fukasaku, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frank Lucas, Dündar Ali Osman, and Guy Ligier. After him are Eugenio Castellotti, Bernard Collomb, Tanya Savicheva, Stephen Sondheim, Philippe Leroy, and Stephen Smale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Baker ranks 2,503 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Finger (1914), Elijah Wood (1981), Katherine Helmond (1929), Jerry Fodor (1935), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), and Thomas R. Marshall (1854). After him are Steve Fossett (1944), Ernest Guiraud (1837), Drew Weissman (1959), Sheldon Adelson (1933), Julie Newmar (1933), and Raymond Leo Burke (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James Baker ranks 165. Before him are Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), John Hancock (1737), Dan Quayle (1947), Jeb Bush (1953), Harry Dexter White (1892), and Thomas R. Marshall (1854). After him are John C. Calhoun (1782), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Dianne Feinstein (1933), Robert Gates (1943), Kamehameha III (1814), and Lew Wallace (1827).

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