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Kathleen Blanco

1942 - 2019

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Kathleen Marie Blanco (née Babineaux; December 15, 1942 – August 18, 2019) was an American politician who served as the 54th governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first and, to date, only woman elected as the state's governor. When first elected, Blanco outlined her top priorities as providing affordable healthcare, improving the education system in the state, and helping to create a strong and vibrant economy through aggressive economic development initiatives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathleen Blanco has received more than 821,990 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kathleen Blanco is the 17,627th most popular politician (down from 16,388th in 2019), the 12,797th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,556th in 2019) and the 884th most popular American Politician.

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  • 820k

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  • 39.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kathleen Blanco ranks 17,627 out of 19,576. Before her are Butch Otter, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Peter O'Neill, Janet Mills, Janina Ochojska, and Vikas Swarup. After her are Željko Reiner, Sara Duterte, Aruna Roy, Dennis Skinner, Édouard Ngirente, and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Kathleen Blanco ranks 687. Before her are Paul Hinder, Anthony W. England, Jean-Claude Rudaz, Geoffrey Palmer, Margaret Alva, and Butch Otter. After her are Joe Boyd, Robin Widdows, Nathan Deal, Gerry Ashworth, Ute Bock, and Walter Lini. Among people deceased in 2019, Kathleen Blanco ranks 555. Before her are Gert Frank, Bernard Tchoullouyan, Oleg Golovanov, István Szívós, Marieke Vervoort, and Werner von Moltke. After her are Eric Caldow, Lina Cheryazova, Al Alvarez, Abdul Hamid, Catherine Burns, and Jorge Hernández.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kathleen Blanco ranks 12,797 out of 20,380. Before her are Fred Allen (1894), Michael Marsh (1967), Chandler Riggs (1999), Benny Blanco (1988), Andrew Wilson (1964), and Sam Perkins (1961). After her are Sarah E. Goode (1855), Edmund Lowe (1890), Peter Mueller (1954), Bill Williams (1915), Dennis O'Keefe (1908), and Mark Romanek (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Kathleen Blanco ranks 884. Before her are Greg Gianforte (1961), Amy Coney Barrett (1972), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), Robert Smalls (1839), Butch Otter (1942), and Janet Mills (1947). After her are Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), Larry Craig (1945), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Cynthia Lummis (1954), Roger Wicker (1951), and Otis Bowen (1918).

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