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Martha Layne Collins

1936 - Today

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Colonel Martha Layne Collins (née Hall; born December 7, 1936) is an American former businesswoman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky; she served as the state's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987, the first woman to hold the office and the only one to date. Prior to that, she served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, under John Y. Brown Jr. Her election made her the highest-ranking Democratic woman in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Layne Collins has received more than 294,559 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Martha Layne Collins is the 18,586th most popular politician, the 15,726th most popular biography from United States and the 1,199th most popular American Politician.

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  • 35.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Martha Layne Collins ranks 18,586 out of 19,576. Before her are Bárður á Steig Nielsen, Harry F. Byrd Jr., Jesse Klaver, Mark White, Espen Barth Eide, and Pilar Llop. After her are Lorenzo Guerini, Marco Buschmann, John Bel Edwards, C. Everett Koop, Gale Norton, and Dagur B. Eggertsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Martha Layne Collins ranks 592. Before her are Carole Quinton, Brenda Jones, Indu Jain, Chilla Porter, Maurice Setters, and Walter D'Hondt. After her are Alcee Hastings, Lucille Clifton, Peter Swan, Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Rafael Campos, and Satish Kumar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Layne Collins ranks 15,726 out of 20,380. Before her are Matt McGorry (1986), Daveed Diggs (1982), Aly Michalka (1989), Shareef Abdur-Rahim (1976), Chaske Spencer (1975), and Thomas Marshburn (1960). After her are Alexandra Holden (1977), Wayne Sermon (1984), William Frederick Fisher (1946), Shawn Crawford (1978), Tim McIlrath (1978), and Julie Powell (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Martha Layne Collins ranks 1,199. Before her are Zachariah Chandler (1813), Brian Schweitzer (1955), George Allen (1952), Keith Ellison (1963), Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914), and Mark White (1940). After her are John Bel Edwards (1966), C. Everett Koop (1916), Gale Norton (1954), Michael McCaul (1962), Cynthia McKinney (1955), and Oveta Culp Hobby (1905).

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