POLITICIAN

Kristi Noem

1971 - Today

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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving since 2025 as the 8th United States secretary of homeland security. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2019 to 2025 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota and from 2011 to 2019 represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House. Born in Watertown, South Dakota, Noem began her political career in the South Dakota House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011. Noem was elected as the first female governor of South Dakota in 2018 with the endorsement of President Donald Trump. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kristi Noem has received more than 12,019,240 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Kristi Noem is the 18,442nd most popular politician (down from 17,211th in 2019), the 15,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,147th in 2019) and the 1,149th most popular American Politician.

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  • 12M

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  • 44.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kristi Noem ranks 18,442 out of 19,576Before her are Javier Imbroda, Laurent Lamothe, Kate Brown, James W. Nye, Mary Fallin, and Hazel Abel. After her are Grazia Zafferani, Fernando Lopez, Javier Velásquez, Susana Martinez, Morgan Johansson, and Klára Dobrev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Kristi Noem ranks 698Before her are Jim Rash, Rie Kimura, Marcelo Otero, Heinz Kuttin, Michael Malone, and Alan van Sprang. After her are Ann-Elen Skjelbreid, Rozonda Thomas, Derren Brown, Mark Knowles, Jean Galfione, and Nick Oliveri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kristi Noem ranks 15,233 out of 20,380Before her are Ricki Lake (1968), Carolyn McCormick (1959), Donna de Varona (1947), Russell Hornsby (1974), John Lucas II (1953), and Vanessa Estelle Williams (1963). After her are Michelle Visage (1968), Lee Morin (1952), Robyn Lively (1972), Pavel Volya (1979), Micah Christenson (1993), and Coco Gauff (2004).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Kristi Noem ranks 1,149Before her are Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (1969), Cecil Andrus (1931), Vincent C. Gray (1942), James W. Nye (1815), Mary Fallin (1954), and Hazel Abel (1888). After her are Susana Martinez (1959), Tom DeLay (1947), Douglas Wilder (1931), Tammy Baldwin (1962), Maria Cantwell (1958), and Richard J. Terrile (1951).