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John Danforth

1936 - Today

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John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the Republican Party, he later served as Special Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1999 to 2000 and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2004 to 2005. Born in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Danforth has received more than 782,058 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Danforth is the 18,415th most popular politician (down from 17,005th in 2019), the 15,126th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,443rd in 2019) and the 1,142nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 780k

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  • 44.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Danforth ranks 18,415 out of 19,576. Before him are Irene Montero, Letitia James, Wanda Vázquez Garced, Ana Jara, Sven Mikser, and Aleksander Szczygło. After him are Fernando de Araújo, Mirela Kumbaro, Chris Heunis, Gabriela Firea, Benedicto Kiwanuka, and Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, John Danforth ranks 586. Before him are Dick Barnett, Garfield Sobers, Saginaw Grant, Jimmy Ruffin, Sushma Seth, and Sue Ane Langdon. After him are Carole Quinton, Brenda Jones, Indu Jain, Chilla Porter, Maurice Setters, and Walter D'Hondt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Danforth ranks 15,126 out of 20,380. Before him are Julia Campbell (1962), Willis R. Whitney (1868), Brendan O'Brien (1960), Erik Prince (1969), Logan Henderson (1989), and Solange Knowles (1986). After him are Kathy Ireland (1963), Jermaine Stewart (1957), Carl Hiaasen (1953), Charles Frazier (1950), Josh Schwartz (1976), and Holly Holm (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Danforth ranks 1,142. Before him are Roy Moore (1947), John G. Carlisle (1834), Dean Phillips (1969), Caleb Strong (1745), George Ryan (1934), and Letitia James (1958). After him are Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (1969), Cecil Andrus (1931), Vincent C. Gray (1942), James W. Nye (1815), Mary Fallin (1954), and Hazel Abel (1888).

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