1937 - Today
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964 and was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay Rockefeller has received more than 2,232,955 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jay Rockefeller is the 9,109th most popular politician (down from 6,457th in 2019), the 3,273rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,279th in 2019) and the 206th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Jay Rockefeller ranks 9,109 out of 15,577. Before him are Oswiu, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Louis Lachenal, and Baghdadi Mahmudi. After him are Nicholas Orsini, Arturo Alessandri, John the Cappadocian, Pierre Séguier, Maurice Hilleman, and Mehmed Fuad Pasha.
612 - 670
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,103
1776 - 1857
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,104
1403 - 1445
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,105
1550 - 1608
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,106
1921 - 1955
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,107
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,108
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,109
1295 - 1323
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,110
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,111
490 - 548
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 9,112
1588 - 1672
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 9,113
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 9,114
1814 - 1869
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 9,115
Among people born in 1937, Jay Rockefeller ranks 170. Before him are Aleksandr Demyanenko, Édith Scob, Dick Dale, Waylon Jennings, Carlos Westendorp, and Joe Viterelli. After him are Lusine Zakaryan, John Hume, Audrys Bačkis, Ron Carter, Cornelis Vreeswijk, and Andrés Gimeno.
1937 - 1999
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 164
1937 - 2019
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 165
1937 - 2019
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 166
1937 - 2002
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 167
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 168
1937 - 2004
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 169
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 170
1937 - 1992
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 171
1937 - 2020
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 172
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 173
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 174
1937 - 1987
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 175
1937 - 2019
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 176
Among people born in United States, Jay Rockefeller ranks 3,273 out of 18,182. Before him are Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), Richie Ginther (1930), Dylan McDermott (1961), Tyga (1989), and Eric Roth (1945). After him are Dan Blocker (1928), Charles Duke (1935), Maurice Hilleman (1919), Lawrence Block (1938), Louis Farrakhan (1933), and Tate Donovan (1963).
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,267
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,268
1930 - 1989
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,269
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,270
1989 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,271
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,272
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 3,273
1928 - 1972
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 3,274
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 3,275
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 3,276
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 3,277
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 3,278
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 3,279
Among politicians born in United States, Jay Rockefeller ranks 206. Before him are Steve Bannon (1953), Levi P. Morton (1824), James Forrestal (1892), William A. Wheeler (1819), Kamehameha IV (1834), and George M. Dallas (1792). After him are Maurice Hilleman (1919), Edith Head (1897), Garret Hobart (1844), Virginia Hall (1906), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), and Lynne Cheney (1941).
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 200
1824 - 1920
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 201
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 202
1819 - 1887
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 203
1834 - 1863
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 204
1792 - 1864
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 205
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 206
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 207
1897 - 1981
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 208
1844 - 1899
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 209
1906 - 1982
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 210
1841 - 1882
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 211
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 212