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Kenneth Arnold

1915 - 1984

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Kenneth Albert Arnold (March 29, 1915 – January 16, 1984) was an American aviator, businessman, and politician. Arnold is known best for reporting what is generally considered the first widely publicized modern sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in the United States, after claiming to have seen nine silver-colored discs flying in unison near Mount Rainier, Washington on June 24, 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Arnold has received more than 317,634 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kenneth Arnold is the 13,562nd most popular politician (down from 11,955th in 2019), the 5,792nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,993rd in 2019) and the 372nd most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kenneth Arnold ranks 13,562 out of 19,576. Before him are José Figueroa Alcorta, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Lawrence Gonzi, Gisela Arendt, Badri Patarkatsishvili, and Dilan Yeşilgöz. After him are Paul Xuereb, Jamil Mardam Bey, Christiane Taubira, Henri François d'Aguesseau, Bhagwan Das, and Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Kenneth Arnold ranks 171. Before him are Leigh Brackett, Alan Lomax, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Harry Morgan, John C. Lilly, and Ann Sheridan. After him are Johannes Kotkas, Gozo Shioda, Eugene Polley, Lamberto Gardelli, John Randolph, and Joseph Arthur Ankrah. Among people deceased in 1984, Kenneth Arnold ranks 160. Before him are Peter Walker, Fulvio Bernardini, Claude Chevalley, Luke Kelly, Kurt Martti Wallenius, and Niyazi. After him are Wolfgang Staudte, Max Newman, Yuri Vizbor, Pierre Emmanuel, Jakub Berman, and Adalbert Steiner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenneth Arnold ranks 5,792 out of 20,380. Before him are Connie Willis (1945), Linda Perry (1965), Josh Hutcherson (1992), Marion Donovan (1917), Gil Scott-Heron (1949), and Josh Lucas (1971). After him are Larry Collins (1929), Louis Abell (1884), Jason Beghe (1960), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), James Read (1953), and Salmon P. Chase (1808).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Kenneth Arnold ranks 372. Before him are Eric Shinseki (1942), Vince Lombardi (1913), Sally Yates (1960), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Stephen F. Austin (1793), and Florence Bascom (1862). After him are Salmon P. Chase (1808), Black Kettle (1803), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Juan Trippe (1899), Joe Lieberman (1942), and Helen Herron Taft (1861).

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