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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 405,270 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Patricia Roberts Harris is the 16,527th most popular politician (down from 14,351st in 2019), the 12,797th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,494th in 2019) and the 878th most popular American Politician.

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  • 16

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  • 3.48

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 16,527 out of 15,577Before her are Robert Muldoon, Algirdas Šemeta, Tom Mulcair, Azim Isabekov, Davit Bakradze, and Edith Cowan. After her are Remigijus Šimašius, Janet Mills, Ze'ev Elkin, Thomas Hart Benton, Inés Arrimadas, and Barney Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 443Before her are Laurie Hughes, Norvel Lee, Juan Ponce Enrile, A. B. Bardhan, Robert Sobukwe, and Ken Green. After her are Mal Whitfield, Vincent Canby, Vicki Draves, Dolores Gray, Ella Mae Morse, and Nek Chand. Among people deceased in 1985, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 258Before her are Gabriel Elorde, George Chandler, Potter Stewart, Harry Hopman, William Alwyn, and James Craig. After her are Marion Byron, Eva Bowring, Marion Martin, Grayson Hall, Tom Adams, and John Sparkman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 12,797 out of 18,182Before her are Lane Garrison (1980), Edith Windsor (1929), Christopher Abbott (1986), Lucille Bremer (1917), Raven-Symoné (1985), and Ken Levine (1966). After her are Larry Evans (1932), Walter Mosley (1952), Janet Mills (1947), Bobby Henderson (1980), Gōtoku Sakai (1991), and Jack Mulhall (1887).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patricia Roberts Harris ranks 878Before her are David Perdue (1949), Kirsten Gillibrand (1966), Craig L. Thomas (1933), Richard M. Daley (1942), Stephen Hadley (1947), and Kevin McCarthy (1965). After her are Janet Mills (1947), Thomas Hart Benton (1782), Barney Frank (1940), Pete Buttigieg (1982), Jim Clyburn (1940), and Jeff Flake (1962).