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Patricia Roberts Harris

1924 - 1985

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Patricia Roberts Harris (May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985) was an American politician, diplomat, and legal scholar. She served as the 6th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 1977 to 1979 and as the 13th United States secretary of health and human services from 1979 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Luxembourg from 1965 to 1967 under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patricia Roberts Harris has received more than 430,331 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Patricia Roberts Harris is the 17,529th most popular politician (down from 16,466th in 2019), the 12,530th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,767th in 2019) and the 855th most popular American Politician.

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  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 17,529 out of 19,576. Before her are John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Nika Melia, Tom Foley, Thomas Corwin, Vuk Jeremić, and Arlen Specter. After her are Coffi Codjia, Jean-François Copé, Pere Aragonès, George Barnes, Walter Rutherford, and John Breckinridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 490. Before her are Russell Johnson, Carole Cook, F. Sionil José, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Mary Ellen Rudin, and John Riseley-Prichard. After her are Nikolai Sologubov, Charlie Callas, Margaret Whiting, Ken Green, Joseph Campanella, and Norvel Lee. Among people deceased in 1985, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 282. Before her are George K. Arthur, Mary MacLaren, Frank Faylen, Saunders Lewis, Margo, and Louis Hayward. After her are John Davis Lodge, Pete Desjardins, George Chandler, Marion Martin, Eddie Shore, and William Alwyn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 12,530 out of 20,380. Before her are Mason Adams (1919), Rena Sofer (1968), Robert Frazer (1891), Brook Benton (1931), Ira Sachs (1965), and Arlen Specter (1930). After her are Jay Benedict (1951), Chris Hansen (1959), David Allan Coe (1939), George Barnes (1892), Cathy Lee Crosby (1944), and Nicole Eggert (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 855. Before her are Tim Scott (1965), Robert F. Stockton (1795), Jan Brewer (1944), Tom Foley (1929), Thomas Corwin (1794), and Arlen Specter (1930). After her are George Barnes (1892), John Breckinridge (1760), David Paterson (1954), Henry A. Wise (1806), Raffi Hovannisian (1959), and Eliot Spitzer (1959).

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