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Joe the Plumber

1973 - 2023

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Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher ( WUR-zəl-bah-kər; December 3, 1973 – August 27, 2023), commonly known as "Joe the Plumber", was an American conservative activist and commentator. He gained national attention during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign season when, during a videotaped campaign stop in Ohio by Democratic nominee Barack Obama, Wurzelbacher raised concerns that Obama's tax policy would increase taxes on small business owners. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe the Plumber has received more than 1,198,415 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joe the Plumber is the 221st most popular celebrity (down from 206th in 2019), the 17,059th most popular biography from United States (up from 17,067th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Celebrity.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Joe the Plumber ranks 221 out of 265. Before him are R'Bonney Gabriel, Eileen Gu, Oxana Malaya, Olivia Culpo, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed, and Luciana Fuster. After him are Ángela Ponce, Steven Pruitt, Mireia Lalaguna, Alexandra Rosenfeld, Vanessa Ponce, and Blac Chyna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Joe the Plumber ranks 889. Before him are Takashi Kojima, Josh Shapiro, Alexandra Fusai, Daniel Stephan, Wilson Cruz, and Anna Dogonadze. After him are Twista, Natalie Appleton, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Andrew Bird, Liu Dong, and Lena Hallengren. Among people deceased in 2023, Joe the Plumber ranks 600. Before him are Lowell Weicker, Rebecca Blank, Refaat Alareer, Tori Bowie, Zahara, and Mike McFarlane. After him are Jon Beare, Nikki McCray-Penson, Zoleka Mandela, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Jansen Panettiere, and Amy Fuller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe the Plumber ranks 17,059 out of 20,380. Before him are Lisa P. Jackson (1962), Alan Stern (1957), Andrew McCollum (1983), Nick Young (1985), Todd Akin (1947), and Gregory Helms (1974). After him are Fabolous (1977), Jerry Stackhouse (1974), Hersey Hawkins (1966), Clay Shirky (1964), Twista (1973), and David Zabriskie (1979).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Joe the Plumber ranks 67. Before him are Clayton Kershaw (1988), Kendra Wilkinson (1985), Brook Lee (1971), R'Bonney Gabriel (1994), Eileen Gu (2003), and Olivia Culpo (1992). After him are Steven Pruitt (1984), Blac Chyna (1988), Nik Wallenda (1979), Kanoa Igarashi (1997), Megan Young (1990), and Alexandria Mills (1992).

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