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John Tower

1925 - 1991

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John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower is known for leading the Tower Commission, which investigated the Iran-Contra Affair in the Reagan administration. Born in Houston, Texas, he served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Tower has received more than 694,714 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Tower is the 18,211th most popular politician (down from 16,711th in 2019), the 14,492nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,505th in 2019) and the 1,069th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Towers by language

Over the past year John Tower has had the most page views in the with 90,370 views, followed by German (1,577), and Russian (1,326). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (82.58%), Egyptian Arabic (73.21%), and Hungarian (56.76%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Tower ranks 18,211 out of 19,576. Before him are Tahir Elçi, Manny Villar, Barney Frank, Ellen Wilkinson, Jen Psaki, and Sorin Cîmpeanu. After him are Tom Mulcair, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, A. B. Bardhan, Håkan Juholt, Amama Mbabazi, and Nasir Jung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, John Tower ranks 539. Before him are Bob Hastings, Alastair McCorquodale, Russell Hoban, Jay Chamberlain, William Steinkraus, and Nicholas Brathwaite. After him are Maryon Pittman Allen, Dale Bumpers, Geraldine Brooks, and Elena Verdugo. Among people deceased in 1991, John Tower ranks 287. Before him are Durga Khote, Natalie Kingston, John Sherman Cooper, Roberto Rojas, Marion Roper, and Sonny Carter. After him are Joe Verdeur, Red Grange, Nellie Halstead, and Cyril Knowles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Tower ranks 14,492 out of 20,380. Before him are Barney Frank (1940), Jen Psaki (1978), Taylor Zakhar Perez (1991), Sharon Robinson (1953), Grayson Hall (1922), and Vincent Ventresca (1966). After him are Mitch Kapor (1950), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Paul Weitz (1965), Chris Pitman (1961), Andrew J. Feustel (1965), and JC Chasez (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Tower ranks 1,069. Before him are Craig L. Thomas (1933), Hakeem Jeffries (1970), Sam Brownback (1956), Linda Lingle (1953), Barney Frank (1940), and Jen Psaki (1978). After him are Maryon Pittman Allen (1925), Tony Evers (1951), Doris Matsui (1944), Ed Rendell (1944), Mike Johanns (1950), and Sheridan Downey (1884).

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