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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 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 13,014,515 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Walsh is the 17,632nd most popular politician (down from 15,265th in 2019), the 16,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,298th in 2019) and the 1,338th most popular American Politician.

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  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 24.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joe Walsh ranks 17,632 out of 15,577. Before him are Dotsie Bausch, Petrissa Solja, Robert Gibbs, Pramila Jayapal, Pete Sessions, and Bobby Simmons. After him are Esther McVey, Kim So-hui, Miho Nonaka, Omar Abdullah, Cory Gardner, and Natalie Bennett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Joe Walsh ranks 739. Before him are Fatima Whitbread, Charlie Nicholas, Yvonne McGregor, Brian McDermott, Mitch Gaylord, and Ron Brown. After him are Peter Vidmar, Darrell Walker, Anthony Cumia, Mark Moseley, and Peter Roskam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Walsh ranks 16,922 out of 18,182. Before him are Eva Marcille (1984), Paul Hamm (1982), Pete Sessions (1955), Bobby Simmons (1980), Eamon (1983), and Steve Alford (1964). After him are Juelz Santana (1982), Michael Hastings (1980), Dewayne Dedmon (1989), Jennifer Brady (1995), Bobby Wood (1992), and Kristen Dalton (1986).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Joe Walsh ranks 1,338. Before him are Brad Henry (1963), Ed Perlmutter (1953), Dotsie Bausch (1973), Robert Gibbs (1971), Pete Sessions (1955), and Bobby Simmons (1980). After him are Cory Gardner (1974), Ben Ray Luján (1972), Tate Reeves (1974), Josef Newgarden (1990), Mike Turner (1960), and Kelly Ayotte (1968).

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