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Richard Shelby

1934 - Today

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Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2021. He previously chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Senate Banking Committee, and the Senate Rules Committee. He was the longest-serving U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Shelby has received more than 1,711,808 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Richard Shelby is the 14,797th most popular politician (down from 13,466th in 2019), the 8,448th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,164th in 2019) and the 518th most popular American Politician.

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  • 34

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  • 1.64

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  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Shelby ranks 14,797 out of 15,577Before him are R. James Woolsey Jr., Abel P. Upshur, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Grantley Goulding, Roger Kolo, and Andrei Kobyakov. After him are Eugene Burton Ely, Alexandru G. Golescu, Hugo Black, Jeremiah S. Black, Alberto Zorrilla, and Sándor Gombos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Richard Shelby ranks 405Before him are Mr. Fuji, Curtis Fuller, Eladio Rojas, Rodri, Östen Warnerbring, and Pierre Joxe. After him are Nobuyuki Aihara, Rico Rodriguez, Ihor Rybak, Dave Mackay, Alberto Bevilacqua, and Giuseppina Leone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Shelby ranks 8,448 out of 18,182Before him are Crystal Reed (1985), Desireé Cousteau (1956), Doc Pomus (1925), Betty Ong (1956), Francis Ford (1881), and Daniel Kinsey (1902). After him are Kirk Cameron (1970), Ernie Lively (1947), Shelley Lubben (1968), Superstar Billy Graham (1943), Taylor Momsen (1993), and Eugene Burton Ely (1886).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Shelby ranks 518Before him are George Bancroft (1800), Philip Schuyler (1733), Rodney Mullen (1966), Frances Perkins (1880), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), and Abel P. Upshur (1790). After him are Eugene Burton Ely (1886), Hugo Black (1886), Jeremiah S. Black (1810), James Comey (1960), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), and James M. Cox (1870).

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