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John Bel Edwards

1966 - Today

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John Bel Edwards (born September 16, 1966) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 56th governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the Democratic leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2015. First elected to the Louisiana House in 2007, Edwards became Democratic minority leader in 2012. He defeated Republican U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bel Edwards has received more than 2,709,111 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 15,736th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,690th in 2019) and the 1,200th most popular American Politician.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 35.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Bel Edwards ranks 18,589 out of 19,576. Before 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 719. Before 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 15,736 out of 20,380. Before 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).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Bel Edwards ranks 1,200. Before 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).

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