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Ramsey Clark

1927 - 2021

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William Ramsey Clark (December 18, 1927 – April 9, 2021) was an American lawyer, activist, and federal government official. A progressive, New Frontier liberal, he occupied senior positions in the United States Department of Justice under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, serving as United States Attorney General from 1967 to 1969; previously, he was Deputy Attorney General from 1965 to 1967 and Assistant Attorney General from 1961 to 1965. As attorney general, Clark was known for his vigorous opposition to the death penalty, aggressive support of civil liberties and civil rights, and dedication to enforcing United States antitrust laws. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramsey Clark has received more than 1,539,712 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ramsey Clark is the 12,495th most popular politician (up from 13,017th in 2019), the 5,411th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,245th in 2019) and the 337th most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

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  • 2.78

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  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ramsey Clark ranks 12,495 out of 15,577. Before him are Simon Vratsian, Guillermo León Valencia, Publius Aelius Paetus, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Svyatoslav Fyodorov, and Henri Jaspar. After him are Shuja-ud-Daula, Josef Munzinger, Yury of Zvenigorod, Khosrov III the Small, Tamara Rylova, and Étienne Constantin de Gerlache.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Ramsey Clark ranks 249. Before him are Thomas S. Monson, John Warner, Charles de Tornaco, Anne McLaren, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, and Svyatoslav Fyodorov. After him are Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Lisa Lu, Mark Blaug, Jan Myrdal, Josef Posipal, and Corín Tellado. Among people deceased in 2021, Ramsey Clark ranks 393. Before him are Gimax, John Warner, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Lars Høgh, Bipin Rawat, and Modibo Keita. After him are Tamara Rylova, Jonathan Penrose, Jan Sokol, Fofi Gennimata, Wayne Thiebaud, and Bernard Lown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ramsey Clark ranks 5,411 out of 18,182. Before him are Tad Williams (1957), Johnny Hodges (1906), Hal Needham (1931), Edward Cook (1888), Darren Young (1983), and Nathaniel Palmer (1799). After him are Sandra Faber (1944), Ellen Corby (1911), Buster Douglas (1960), Adam Brody (1979), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), and Louis Brandeis (1856).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ramsey Clark ranks 337. Before him are Juan Trippe (1899), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), Caroline Harrison (1832), John Warner (1927), Andrew Mellon (1855), and William Cohen (1940). After him are Roger Sherman (1721), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Chuck Hagel (1946), Helen Herron Taft (1861), and Ida Saxton McKinley (1847).

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