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Joe Walsh

1961 - Today

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William Joseph Walsh (born December 27, 1961) is an American politician, talk radio host, former social worker, and former 2020 Republican Party presidential candidate, who served one term in the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 8th congressional district. Born and raised in the Chicago metropolitan area, Walsh began his career as a social worker providing education and job skills training to students in low-income areas, gradually becoming more politically active. Walsh had unsuccessfully campaigned for Congress in 1996 and the Illinois House of Representatives in 1998, but was elected to the U.S. House in 2010, defeating three-term incumbent Melissa Bean. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Walsh has received more than 13,996,841 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Walsh is the 19,136th most popular politician (down from 17,570th in 2019), the 17,758th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,876th in 2019) and the 1,421st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joe Walsh ranks 19,136 out of 19,576. Before him are Akiyo Noguchi, Guo Yan, Damian Green, Keith Vaz, Roberta Anastase, and Steve Pearce. After him are Marc Ryan, Bibiana Aído, Spencer Cox, Marisela Morales, Ben Sasse, and Yani Tseng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Joe Walsh ranks 846. Before him are Reginald Hudlin, Daniel O'Donnell, Mario Díaz-Balart, Kim Turner, David Kaufman, and Mitch Gaylord. After him are Nicholas Lyndhurst, Steve Lundquist, Ron Brown, Nigel Worthington, Gary Mabbutt, and Adrian Heath.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Walsh ranks 17,758 out of 20,380. Before him are David Karp (1986), Kendra Harrison (1992), Shane Battier (1978), Kimberly Po (1971), Evelyn Stevens (1983), and Derrick Williams (1991). After him are Pete Yorn (1974), Jillian Hall (1980), Dean Edwards (1970), Columbus Short (1982), Tim Burke (1982), and Lam Jones (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Joe Walsh ranks 1,421. Before him are Ray Nagin (1956), Spencer Bachus (1947), Steve Chabot (1953), Frank Pallone (1951), Eric Cantor (1963), and Steve Pearce (1947). After him are Spencer Cox (1975), Ben Sasse (1972), Nancy Hollister (1949), Ken Buck (1959), Mike Espy (1953), and Todd Young (1972).

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