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John Kerry

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John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama. A member of the Forbes family and of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate from 2021 to 2024. Kerry was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2004 election, losing to then-incumbent president George W. Bush. Kerry grew up in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. In 1966, after graduating from Yale University, he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, ultimately attaining the rank of lieutenant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kerry has received more than 14,375,066 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia. John Kerry is the 1,596th most popular politician (up from 1,655th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from United States (up from 508th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Politician.

John Kerry is most famous for being the Secretary of State under President Barack Obama.

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  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 87

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Kerry ranks 1,596 out of 19,576. Before him are Carol I of Romania, Shapur II, Hu Yaobang, Bernard Tapie, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and René of Anjou. After him are Elsa Einstein, Lazar Kaganovich, Baasha of Israel, Mentuhotep II, David Duke, and Juho Kusti Paasikivi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, John Kerry ranks 35. Before him are Mohammad Khatami, Howard Gardner, Horst Köhler, Raffaella Carrà, David Cronenberg, and Bernard Tapie. After him are Khalifa Haftar, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Johnny Hallyday, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Wright, and Jean-Jacques Annaud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Kerry ranks 479 out of 20,380. Before him are John Tyler (1790), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Paul Walker (1973), Kevin Spacey (1959), Shirley Temple (1928), and Paul Ekman (1934). After him are Chuck Jones (1912), Jerome Bruner (1915), Gwen Stefani (1969), David Duke (1950), George Foreman (1949), and John Malkovich (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Kerry ranks 62. Before him are William McKinley (1843), Millard Fillmore (1800), Jim Mattis (1950), Dick Cheney (1941), John Tyler (1790), and Rutherford B. Hayes (1822). After him are David Duke (1950), Chester A. Arthur (1829), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Kamala Harris (1964), and Boris Johnson (1964).

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