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Matt Gaetz

1982 - Today

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Matthew Louis Gaetz II ( GAYTS; born May 7, 1982) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 1st congressional district from 2017 until his resignation in 2024. His district included all of Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa counties, and portions of Walton County. A member of the Republican Party and a self-described libertarian populist, Gaetz is widely regarded as a proponent of far-right politics as well as a staunch ally of Donald Trump. In October 2023, Gaetz filed a motion to vacate which led to the removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matt Gaetz has received more than 16,346,308 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Matt Gaetz is the 18,694th most popular politician (down from 17,611th in 2019), the 16,060th most popular biography from United States (up from 17,089th in 2019) and the 1,245th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matt Gaetz ranks 18,694 out of 19,576. Before him are Seth Moulton, Aida Hadzialic, Eva Bowring, Hadia Tajik, Branko Radivojevič, and Barbara Pompili. After him are Nebojša Stefanović, Derek Sikua, Maria Ohisalo, Lowell Weicker, Mike Eman, and Doug Ducey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Matt Gaetz ranks 614. Before him are Aleksejs Saramotins, Uğur Yıldırım, Mithali Raj, Hayuma Tanaka, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, and Eneda Tarifa. After him are Hasan Kabze, Kozue Ando, Mei Finegold, Billy Crawford, Daniel Braaten, and Erika Christensen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matt Gaetz ranks 16,060 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles King (1895), Robin Weigert (1969), Roxana Saberi (1977), Antawn Jamison (1976), Alisan Porter (1981), and William Lee Scott (1973). After him are Donald Johnson (1968), Conan Gray (1998), Josh Henderson (1981), Andre Cason (1969), Pras (1972), and Gregory Maguire (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Matt Gaetz ranks 1,245. Before him are Mary Landrieu (1955), Martin O'Malley (1963), John Kitzhaber (1947), Doug Jones (1954), Seth Moulton (1978), and Eva Bowring (1892). After him are Doug Ducey (1964), Elizabeth May (1954), Slade Gorton (1928), Edwin Edwards (1927), Tim Walz (1964), and Kit Bond (1939).

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