1940 - 2020
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966, and was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Fulfilling many key roles in the civil rights movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States, in 1965 Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where, in an incident which became known as Bloody Sunday, state troopers and police attacked Lewis and the other marchers. A member of the Democratic Party, Lewis was first elected to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lewis has received more than 3,490,389 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Lewis is the 10,585th most popular politician (down from 6,778th in 2019), the 4,004th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,397th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, John Lewis ranks 10,585 out of 15,577. Before him are Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Hiệp Hòa, Douglas Hyde, Sigeberht the Good, Catherine of Bulgaria, and Creoda of Mercia. After him are Uhuru Kenyatta, Ansgarde of Burgundy, Pedro Santana, Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, Ivica Dačić, and Pandulf Ironhead.
1883 - 1954
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,579
1847 - 1883
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10,580
1860 - 1949
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,581
600 - 660
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,582
1001 - 1063
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,583
540 - 593
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,584
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,585
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10,586
826 - 879
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,587
1801 - 1864
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,588
1060 - 1090
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,589
1966 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,590
1000 - 981
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,591
Among people born in 1940, John Lewis ranks 223. Before him are Lorenzo Baldisseri, Tony Allen, Silvio Marzolini, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, István Csom, and Richard Williamson. After him are Charles T. Kowal, Jan Eliasson, Ali Saibou, Manuel Esquivel, Peter Atkins, and Silva Batuta. Among people deceased in 2020, John Lewis ranks 225. Before him are Julian Bream, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Annie Cordy, Pedro Casaldáliga, Lynn Cohen, and Jörn Donner. After him are David Graeber, Park Won-soon, Jean Delumeau, Ernesto Brambilla, Louis Nirenberg, and Larry Tesler.
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 217
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 218
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 219
1940 - 2015
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 220
1940 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 221
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 222
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 223
1940 - 2011
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 224
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 225
1940 - 2011
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 226
1940 - 2022
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 227
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 228
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 229
1933 - 2020
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 219
1926 - 2020
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 220
1928 - 2020
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 221
1928 - 2020
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 222
1933 - 2020
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 223
1933 - 2020
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 224
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 225
1961 - 2020
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 226
1956 - 2020
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 227
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 228
1934 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 229
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 230
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 231
Among people born in United States, John Lewis ranks 4,004 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Welling (1977), Schuyler Colfax (1823), Jack Lord (1920), Andrea True (1943), Malcom McLean (1913), and Sammy Hagar (1947). After him are Jeffrey Jones (1946), George David Birkhoff (1884), Berry Gordy (1929), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Sid Haig (1939), and Carmine Appice (1946).
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,998
1823 - 1885
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,999
1920 - 1998
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,000
1943 - 2011
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,001
1913 - 2001
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,002
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 4,003
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 4,004
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 4,005
1884 - 1944
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 4,006
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 4,007
1824 - 1896
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 4,008
1939 - 2019
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 4,009
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 4,010
Among politicians born in United States, John Lewis ranks 253. Before him are Ralph Nader (1934), Elizabeth Warren (1949), John Nance Garner (1868), Huey Long (1893), Dolley Madison (1768), and Schuyler Colfax (1823). After him are Lori Lightfoot (1962), Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), Augustine Washington (1694), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Jeannette Rankin (1880), and Moses Finley (1912).
1934 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 247
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 248
1868 - 1967
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 249
1893 - 1935
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 250
1768 - 1849
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 251
1823 - 1885
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 252
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 253
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 254
1912 - 1973
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 255
1694 - 1743
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 256
1862 - 1948
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 257
1880 - 1973
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 258
1912 - 1986
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 259