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Leon Panetta

1938 - Today

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Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013), director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House chief of staff (1994–1997), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994), as well as a U.S. representative from California (1977–1993). Panetta was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. He served under President Bill Clinton as director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1993 to 1994 and as White House chief of staff from 1994 to 1997. He cofounded the Panetta Institute for Public Policy in 1997 and served as a distinguished scholar to chancellor Charles B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leon Panetta has received more than 3,718,635 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Leon Panetta is the 9,182nd most popular politician (up from 9,338th in 2019), the 3,154th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,405th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leon Panetta ranks 9,182 out of 19,576. Before him are Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria, Frédéric François-Marsal, Antoinette de Bourbon, John Vorster, Emma Darwin, and Boris Stürmer. After him are Regina Jonas, Diodotus I, Rosen Plevneliev, Charles J. Guiteau, Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, and Hiempsal II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Leon Panetta ranks 181. Before him are Tufuga Efi, Juraj Jakubisko, William B. Davis, Sjaak Swart, Götz George, and Andrey Myagkov. After him are Isabelle Aubret, Ieronymos II of Athens, Girish Karnad, Klaus Voormann, Maxim Shostakovich, and Isao Inokuma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leon Panetta ranks 3,154 out of 20,380. Before him are John Cocke (1925), Paul Robeson (1898), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Kathleen Kennedy (1953), and Alfred P. Sloan (1875). After him are Jesse Jackson (1941), Dermot Mulroney (1963), Keith Carradine (1949), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), Robert Metcalfe (1946), and Erin Brockovich (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Leon Panetta ranks 203. Before him are George Koval (1913), Daniel Inouye (1924), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Dean Rusk (1909), and Janet Jagan (1920). After him are Charles J. Guiteau (1841), James F. Byrnes (1882), Edith Head (1897), Garret Hobart (1844), Barry Goldwater (1909), and Gall (1840).

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