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Jimmy Carter

1924 - Today

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James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who was the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. At age 99, he is both the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Carter has received more than 96,321,087 page views. His biography is available in 140 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 135 in 2019). Jimmy Carter is the 17th most popular politician (down from 14th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from United States (up from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Politician.

Jimmy Carter is most famous for being the 39th president of the United States. He was elected in 1976 and served until 1980. He was a peanut farmer from Georgia, and was the first president to be born in a hospital.

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Jimmy Carter is underrated, Thomas Schelling edition
“In the US protocol you have to rehearse the entire process every four months….The French, they never rehearse. And their logic is that if you start rehearsing with the president, people are going to start to know how he thinks and they’re going to be able to…
Tyler Cowen
Saturday, November 25, 2023
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Jimmy Carter is underrated, Thomas Schelling edition
“In the US protocol you have to rehearse the entire process every four months….The French, they never rehearse. And their logic is that if you start rehearsing with the president, people are going to start to know how he thinks and they’re going to be able to…
marginalrevolution.com
Saturday, November 25, 2023
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Fact Check: Jimmy Carter Said Christianity Was 'Hijacked' by People Who Would Give Jesus 'the Boot'?
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter once said or wrote, "Christianity has been hijacked by people who would give Jesus himself the boot if he knocked on their door."
Alex Kasprak
Saturday, November 25, 2023
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jimmy Carter ranks 17 out of 15,577. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Vladimir Putin, Suleiman the Magnificent, David, Saladin, and Elizabeth I of England. After him are Winston Churchill, Constantine the Great, Benito Mussolini, Tutankhamun, Hannibal, and Otto von Bismarck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jimmy Carter ranks 1. After him are Marlon Brando, George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, Robert Mugabe, Eli Cohen, Truman Capote, Sarah Vaughan, and Jacques Le Goff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Carter ranks 4 out of 18,182. Before him are Thomas Edison (1847), Thomas Jefferson (1743), and Muhammad Ali (1942). After him are Edgar Allan Poe (1809), Steve Jobs (1955), Abraham Lincoln (1809), Marilyn Monroe (1926), Neil Armstrong (1930), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Grace Kelly (1929), and Ulysses S. Grant (1822).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jimmy Carter ranks 2. Before him are Thomas Jefferson (1743). After him are Abraham Lincoln (1809), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), Martin Van Buren (1782), Benjamin Franklin (1706), John F. Kennedy (1917), James K. Polk (1795), Hillary Clinton (1947), Ronald Reagan (1911), and Joe Biden (1942).

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