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Janet Yellen

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Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist who was the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018, the first woman to hold the role. She is a professor emerita at Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. She was vice-chair from 2010 to 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Yellen has received more than 3,740,093 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Janet Yellen is the 5,817th most popular politician (down from 5,575th in 2019), the 2,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,800th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Politician.

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  • 66.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Janet Yellen Clears Key Confirmation Hurdle After Correctly Identifying $5 Bill In Blind Taste Test
WASHINGTON—With a 26-0 vote of approval from the Senate Finance Committee, treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen cleared a key confirmation hurdle Friday after correctly identifying a $5 bill in a blind taste test. “I’m definitely detecting notes of low den…
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Janet Yellen Clarifies Her Stance on Bitcoin
Joe Biden's pick to become the new U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, has clarified her stance on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. This follows her remarks during a Senate hearing when she said...
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Janet Yellen Changes Stance On Cryptocurrencies After Causing Bitcoin Plunge
President Joe Biden’s treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen displayed a change of stance on cryptocurrencies in a statement to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on...
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Janet Yellen Will Consider Limiting the Use of Cryptocurrency
During her confirmation hearing, the Treasury nominee said that blockchain-based financial networks are “a particular concern.”
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Janet Yellen ranks 5,817 out of 15,710. Before her are Nikolai Krylenko, Eduardo Duhalde, Dabiša of Bosnia, Bo Xilai, King Li of Zhou, and Rechila. After her are Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Rozala of Italy, Henry L. Stimson, Diponegoro, Emperor Heizei, and Hermann Billung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Janet Yellen ranks 117. Before her are Elías Figueroa, Robert Mapplethorpe, François Bozizé, Edita Gruberová, Htin Kyaw, and Semion Mogilevich. After her are Bigas Luna, Ralf Hütter, Mohamed Abdelaziz, John C. Mather, Rodrigo Lara, and Jochen Mass.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet Yellen ranks 2,019 out of 15,968. Before her are Donald J. Cram (1919), Perry Como (1912), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Ariana Grande (1993), Richard Pryor (1940), and Henry Winkler (1945). After her are Ronnie Coleman (1964), Henry L. Stimson (1867), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), George H. Hitchings (1905), Lionel Stander (1908), and Ian Somerhalder (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Janet Yellen ranks 124. Before her are Elijah Muhammad (1897), Spiro Agnew (1918), Clement Greenberg (1909), John Hancock (1737), Samuel Adams (1722), and Robert Todd Lincoln (1843). After her are Henry L. Stimson (1867), Hubert Humphrey (1911), Curtis LeMay (1906), Kamehameha II (1797), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), and Ron Paul (1935).

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