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POLITICIAN

Pete Wilson

1933 - Today

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Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1983 to 1991 and as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 29th mayor of San Diego from 1971 to 1983. Born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Wilson graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Law after serving in the United States Marine Corps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Wilson has received more than 1,497,603 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Pete Wilson is the 15,638th most popular politician (down from 13,945th in 2019), the 10,391st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,409th in 2019) and the 658th most popular American Politician.

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  • 40.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pete Wilson ranks 15,638 out of 15,577Before him are Seiji Maehara, Edwin Montagu, Mike Gravel, John Kasich, Valery Asapov, and Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga. After him are Moses Nagamootoo, Matilda Howell, Nigel Lawson, Hama Amadou, Roman Dzindzichashvili, and Andrew Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Pete Wilson ranks 445Before him are Basil Heatley, Sándor Sára, Frank Murkowski, Chita Rivera, Penelope Lively, and Michael Novak. After him are Maurice Stokes, John Cannon, Tom Courtney, Jeffrey Goldstone, Renato Pirocchi, and Jerry Pournelle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Wilson ranks 10,391 out of 18,182Before him are George Karl (1951), Keiko Agena (1973), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Andrew Wood (1966), Charles Dierkop (1936), and Ashley Scott (1977). After him are Michael W. Smith (1957), Brian Geraghty (1975), Bill Watterson (1958), Robert Gordon (1947), Matilda Howell (1859), and T Bone Burnett (1948).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Pete Wilson ranks 658Before him are Josiah Bartlett (1729), William Barr (1950), Katherine Tai (1974), Frank Church (1924), Mike Gravel (1930), and John Kasich (1952). After him are Matilda Howell (1859), Andrew Young (1932), John Adams Dix (1798), Thomas Mifflin (1744), David Brenner (1962), and Susan Rice (1964).