POLITICIAN

John Danforth

1936 - Today

Photo of John Danforth

Icon of person John Danforth

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. Louis, Missouri, Danforth graduated from Princeton University and Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). John Danforth is the 18,045th most popular politician (up from 18,384th in 2024), the 13,769th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,121st in 2019) and the 1,051st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of John Danforth by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Danforth ranks 18,045 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Adriana Behar, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Claudia López, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, and David Kelly. After him are Fisher Ames, Željko Reiner, Bob Riley, Aruna Roy, George Dern, and Liu Guoliang.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, John Danforth ranks 577. Before him are Virginia Hamilton, Delio Gamboa, Chilla Porter, Walter D'Hondt, Bob Graham, and Marj Dusay. After him are Peter Bowles, Francine York, Don Cornelius, Martha Layne Collins, Juris Upatnieks, and Saginaw Grant.

Others Born in 1936

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, John Danforth ranks 13,773 out of 20,380. Before him are Ashley Laurence (1966), David Chokachi (1968), Walt Faulkner (1918), Catherine Asaro (1955), Gian-Carlo Coppola (1963), and Anna Deavere Smith (1950). After him are Irene Worth (1916), Brett Gurewitz (1962), Fisher Ames (1758), Ernie Davis (1939), Kim Shattuck (1963), and Jesse L. Martin (1969).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Danforth ranks 1,051. Before him are Ray LaHood (1945), Mike Johanns (1950), Bob Graham (1936), Caleb Strong (1745), Donna Shalala (1941), and David Ige (1957). After him are Fisher Ames (1758), Bob Riley (1944), George Dern (1872), Thomas Bibb (1783), Steve Scalise (1965), and Gabriel Moore (1785).

American born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous