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John Bel Edwards

1966 - Today

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John Bel Edwards (born September 16, 1966) is an American politician, attorney, and Army veteran who served as the 56th governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024. A Southern Democrat, he previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bel Edwards has received more than 2,743,936 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John Bel Edwards is the 18,589th most popular politician (down from 17,083rd in 2019), the 15,751st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,690th in 2019) and the 1,199th most popular American Politician.

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  • 26

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  • 1.54

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  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Bel Edwards ranks 18,589 out of 19,576Before her are Mark White, Espen Barth Eide, Pilar Llop, Martha Layne Collins, Lorenzo Guerini, and Marco Buschmann. After her are C. Everett Koop, Gale Norton, Dagur B. Eggertsson, Devendra Fadnavis, Andrea Orlando, and Michael McCaul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, John Bel Edwards ranks 720Before her are Nikolay Gulyayev, Anette Norberg, Nigel Clough, Luke Jensen, Danny Everett, and Lorenzo Guerini. After her are Pauline Davis-Thompson, Gina Ravera, Vinny Del Negro, Robert C. O'Brien, John Daly, and Eva Grebel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Bel Edwards ranks 15,751 out of 20,380Before her are Shawn Crawford (1978), Tim McIlrath (1978), Julie Powell (1973), Holly Sampson (1973), Irene Bedard (1967), and Kathleen Rubins (1978). After her are Oliver Lake (1942), Bryan Konietzko (1975), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), C. Everett Koop (1916), Michael Savage (1942), and Brianna Hildebrand (1996).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Bel Edwards ranks 1,199Before her are Brian Schweitzer (1955), George Allen (1952), Keith Ellison (1963), Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914), Mark White (1940), and Martha Layne Collins (1936). After her are C. Everett Koop (1916), Gale Norton (1954), Michael McCaul (1962), Cynthia McKinney (1955), Oveta Culp Hobby (1905), and Robert C. O'Brien (1966).