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Leo Ryan

1925 - 1978

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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination hours before the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Ryan has received more than 3,008,908 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Leo Ryan is the 10,509th most popular politician (down from 7,080th in 2019), the 3,723rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,434th in 2019) and the 240th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leo Ryan ranks 10,509 out of 19,576. Before him are Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine, Emma Bonino, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Sutan Sjahrir, Robert Blum, and Boris Mikhailov. After him are Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, José Vasconcelos, Antigenes, and Detention of Mark Bernstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Leo Ryan ranks 190. Before him are Quett Masire, Tajuddin Ahmad, Nonna Mordyukova, Sergei Salnikov, Serge Dassault, and Jørgen Ingmann. After him are Roy Medvedev, Ernst Stojaspal, Željko Čajkovski, Thor Vilhjálmsson, Bernard Morel, and Jimmy Smith. Among people deceased in 1978, Leo Ryan ranks 106. Before him are Jacques Bergier, Ángel Bossio, Louis Prima, Warren Weaver, Jean Acker, and Lucius D. Clay. After him are Bernhard Karlgren, Julio Jaramillo, Carlos Chávez, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Zivia Lubetkin, and Raymond Braine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leo Ryan ranks 3,723 out of 20,380. Before him are Eddie Albert (1906), Crispin Glover (1964), Paul Gallico (1897), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Tiffany Trump (1993), and Tracy Chapman (1964). After him are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), Anna Gunn (1968), Vincent Gigante (1928), Doyle Brunson (1933), Frederick Wiseman (1930), and George Ellery Hale (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Leo Ryan ranks 240. Before him are Edith Wilson (1872), Gabriel Almond (1911), Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Robert Zoellick (1953), Ross Perot (1930), and Kamehameha IV (1834). After him are Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Dan Sullivan (1964), John C. Breckinridge (1821), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Lunalilo (1835), and Black Hawk (1767).

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