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Prescott Bush

1895 - 1972

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Prescott Sheldon Bush Sr. (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and Republican Party politician. After working as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 1952 to 1963. A member of the Bush family, he was the father of President George H. W. Bush, and the paternal grandfather of President George W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prescott Bush has received more than 3,959,675 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Prescott Bush is the 6,391st most popular politician (down from 6,250th in 2019), the 2,185th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,183rd in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Politician.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prescott Bush ranks 6,391 out of 15,577. Before him are Ibrahim Lodi, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, Emperor Go-Ichijō, and Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy. After him are Camille Chamoun, Arsaces II of Parthia, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Al-Muqtafi, and Diana Abgar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Prescott Bush ranks 94. Before him are Matthew Ridgway, Alexander Orlov, Lewis Mumford, Kurt Schumacher, Max Koegel, and Marcel Janco. After him are Heinrich Eberbach, Hanns Albin Rauter, Michel Simon, Albert Cohen, Kirsten Flagstad, and Walter Stennes. Among people deceased in 1972, Prescott Bush ranks 60. Before him are Eugène Tisserant, Harlow Shapley, Matvei Zakharov, Stephen Timoshenko, Lester B. Pearson, and Watchman Nee. After him are Jules Romains, C. Rajagopalachari, George Sanders, Chen Yi, William Dieterle, and Alejandra Pizarnik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Prescott Bush ranks 2,185 out of 18,182. Before him are Peter Agre (1949), Henry J. Heinz (1844), Maria Mitchell (1818), Neil Sedaka (1939), Robert Gallo (1937), and Lisa Bonet (1967). After him are James Bowie (1796), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Kim Hunter (1922), King C. Gillette (1855), Moondog (1916), and The Undertaker (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Prescott Bush ranks 134. Before him are Jack Kemp (1935), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Leland Stanford (1824), Curtis LeMay (1906), Ron Paul (1935), and Paul P. Harris (1868). After him are Henry A. Wallace (1888), Oliver Winchester (1810), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Henry L. Stimson (1867), Meir Kahane (1932), and George Wallace (1919).

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