1961 - Today
John Randolph Thune ( THOON; born January 7, 1961) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota, a seat he has held since 2005. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the Senate minority whip, a post he has held since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Thune served three terms as the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Thune has received more than 1,826,368 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Thune is the 16,856th most popular politician (down from 15,292nd in 2019), the 13,805th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,408th in 2019) and the 998th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, John Thune ranks 16,856 out of 15,577. Before him are Jackie Speier, Ana Mato, Ronna McDaniel, Arturo Tolentino, Kate Brown, and Anuradha Koirala. After him are Ilhan Omar, Malcolm Rifkind, Andrea Leadsom, Howard Cooke, Greg Foster, and Douglas Wilder.
1950 - Present
HPI: 34.55
Rank: 16,850
1959 - Present
HPI: 34.55
Rank: 16,851
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 16,852
1910 - 2004
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 16,853
1960 - Present
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 16,854
1949 - Present
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 16,855
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 16,856
1982 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 16,857
1946 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 16,858
1963 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 16,859
1915 - 2014
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 16,860
1958 - 2023
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 16,861
1931 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 16,862
Among people born in 1961, John Thune ranks 639. Before him are Tom Perez, Dirk De Wolf, Elzo Coelho, Jeffrey Dunn, Linda Manz, and Sergei Fokin. After him are Chris Sawyer, Anke Behmer, Bonita Friedericy, Jun Suzuki, Alan G. Poindexter, and Yusuke Adachi.
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 633
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.83
Rank: 634
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.78
Rank: 635
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.71
Rank: 636
1961 - 2020
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 637
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.69
Rank: 638
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 639
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 640
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 641
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 642
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.38
Rank: 643
1961 - 2012
HPI: 34.30
Rank: 644
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 645
Among people born in United States, John Thune ranks 13,805 out of 18,182. Before him are Sam Posey (1944), Malese Jow (1991), Ronna McDaniel (1973), André Holland (1979), Stacy Keibler (1979), and Julianne Phillips (1960). After him are Nipsey Hussle (1985), Morgan Brittany (1951), Renée Estevez (1967), Dave Annable (1979), Jonathan David (2000), and John O'Hurley (1954).
1944 - Present
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 13,799
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 13,800
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 13,801
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.53
Rank: 13,802
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.53
Rank: 13,803
1960 - Present
HPI: 34.53
Rank: 13,804
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 13,805
1985 - 2019
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 13,806
1951 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 13,807
1967 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 13,808
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 13,809
2000 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 13,810
1954 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 13,811
Among politicians born in United States, John Thune ranks 998. Before him are Bill Walker (1951), Sam Brownback (1956), Roy Moore (1947), Milton Latham (1827), Jackie Speier (1950), and Ronna McDaniel (1973). After him are Greg Foster (1958), Douglas Wilder (1931), George W. Norris (1861), Jim Gilmore (1949), John W. Weeks (1860), and Everett Dirksen (1896).
1951 - Present
HPI: 34.69
Rank: 992
1956 - Present
HPI: 34.68
Rank: 993
1947 - Present
HPI: 34.63
Rank: 994
1827 - 1882
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 995
1950 - Present
HPI: 34.55
Rank: 996
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.54
Rank: 997
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 998
1958 - 2023
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 999
1931 - Present
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 1,000
1861 - 1944
HPI: 34.43
Rank: 1,001
1949 - Present
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 1,002
1860 - 1926
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 1,003
1896 - 1969
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 1,004