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Melvin Laird

1922 - 2016

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Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melvin Laird has received more than 396,468 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Melvin Laird is the 15,726th most popular politician (down from 14,967th in 2019), the 8,492nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,888th in 2019) and the 540th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

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  • 45.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Melvin Laird ranks 15,726 out of 19,576. Before him are Corine Mauch, Sicard of Benevento, John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, Spyridon Athanasopoulos, Patrice Trovoada, and Fernando Chui. After him are Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Robert J. Walker, Juan Manuel Gálvez, Tim Kaine, Osbald of Northumbria, and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Melvin Laird ranks 355. Before him are Arthur Wightman, Grace Paley, Irina Antonova, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Umberto Betti, and Georgy Adelson-Velsky. After him are Gustaf Jansson, Lukas Foss, Rudolf Haag, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Jim Pollard, and Milton H. Greene. Among people deceased in 2016, Melvin Laird ranks 424. Before him are Tom M. Apostol, Mr. Fuji, Fernando Cardenal, Velimir Sombolac, Gunnel Vallquist, and Ferreira Gullar. After him are Bertil Roos, Kimbo Slice, Rudolf Haag, Nené, Carlo Monti, and Silvano Piovanelli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melvin Laird ranks 8,492 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Evans Schultes (1915), Lin Carter (1930), Dan Hartman (1950), David Benioff (1970), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), and Maura Tierney (1965). After him are Chris Buck (1958), Robert J. Walker (1801), Max Eastman (1883), Paul Drayton (1939), Katee Sackhoff (1980), and Tim Kaine (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Melvin Laird ranks 540. Before him are George Pataki (1945), Richard Olney (1835), Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886), William Bradford (1755), Kari Lake (1969), and Corine Mauch (1960). After him are Robert J. Walker (1801), Tim Kaine (1958), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), Tipper Gore (1948), Barbara Boxer (1940), and Lisa Murkowski (1957).

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