1942 - Today
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the United States Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. He previously held various positions in Missouri politics; as Auditor of Missouri (1973–1975), Attorney General of Missouri (1976–1985), Governor of Missouri (1985–1993), and as a United States Senator representing Missouri (1995–2001). He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.Ashcroft graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1960 before receiving a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. After unsuccessfully running for the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ashcroft has received more than 1,993,863 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Ashcroft is the 13,263rd most popular politician (up from 13,426th in 2019), the 6,196th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,077th in 2019) and the 388th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, John Ashcroft ranks 13,263 out of 15,577. Before him are Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Franco Trappoli, Jean Tiberi, Gavriil Popov, Mayawati, and Nanfadima Magassouba. After him are Vladan Đorđević, Adda of Bernicia, Serge Telle, José Mariano Salas, Alfredo Baldomir, and Smail Hamdani.
1951 - 2019
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,257
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,258
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,259
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,260
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,261
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,262
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,263
1844 - 1930
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,264
501 - 568
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,265
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,266
1797 - 1867
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 13,267
1884 - 1948
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 13,268
1930 - 2017
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 13,269
Among people born in 1942, John Ashcroft ranks 418. Before him are Jaroslav Holík, Johny Schleck, Jonathan Williams, Vinicio Cerezo, Ariel Dorfman, and Lola Falana. After him are Dobromir Zhechev, Peter Tork, Ramiro de León Carpio, Lutz D. Schmadel, Donald Rayfield, and Dith Pran.
1942 - 2015
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 412
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 413
1942 - 2014
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 414
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 415
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 416
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 417
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 418
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 419
1942 - 2019
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 420
1942 - 2002
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 421
1942 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 422
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 423
1942 - 2008
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 424
Among people born in United States, John Ashcroft ranks 6,196 out of 18,182. Before him are Charlie Byrd (1925), Lola Falana (1942), Richard Posner (1939), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Blind Willie McTell (1898), and Kerry Washington (1977). After him are Michael Andretti (1962), Vanessa Marcil (1968), Steve Porcaro (1957), David M. Brown (1956), Chad Michael Murray (1981), and Irving Wallace (1916).
1925 - 1999
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 6,190
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 6,191
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 6,192
1937 - 2023
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 6,193
1898 - 1959
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,194
1977 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,195
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,196
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,197
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,198
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 6,199
1956 - 2003
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,200
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,201
1916 - 1990
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 6,202
Among politicians born in United States, John Ashcroft ranks 388. Before him are Larry O'Brien (1917), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Shirley Chisholm (1924), Charles Lang (1902), Al Smith (1873), and Anna Harrison (1775). After him are Vernon A. Walters (1917), Jay Garner (1938), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), John Podesta (1949), and Laurance Rockefeller (1910).
1917 - 1990
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 382
1808 - 1873
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 383
1924 - 2005
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 384
1902 - 1998
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 385
1873 - 1944
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 386
1775 - 1864
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 387
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 388
1917 - 2002
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 389
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 390
1803 - 1891
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 391
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 392
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 393
1910 - 2004
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 394