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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 1,828,193 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 34 in 2019). Richard Shelby is the 16,466th most popular politician (down from 14,745th in 2019), the 9,880th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,430th in 2019) and the 642nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 51.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Shelby ranks 16,466 out of 19,576. Before him are Cheick Modibo Diarra, Elihu B. Washburne, Aileen Baviera, Pieter Omtzigt, Mohamed Brahmi, and Sergey Baburin. After him are Clemente Yerovi, Christine Kangaloo, Vít Jedlička, Štefan Füle, Jacques Cheminade, and Jagmeet Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Richard Shelby ranks 484. Before him are Tina Louise, Ihor Rybak, Valentina Stenina, Gia Scala, Van Williams, and Bud Luckey. After him are Paddy Driver, Fredy Perlman, Murli Manohar Joshi, Todor Diev, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, and Jagdish Bhagwati.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Shelby ranks 9,880 out of 20,380. Before him are George Lynch (1954), John Debney (1956), Kawhi Leonard (1991), Tim "Ripper" Owens (1967), Patricia Canning Todd (1922), and Marjorie Gestring (1922). After him are Rip Taylor (1931), Remy LaCroix (1988), Michael Patrick King (1954), Peggy Rea (1921), Christian Camargo (1971), and Payman Maadi (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Shelby ranks 642. Before him are John Kasich (1952), Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835), Spark Matsunaga (1916), Alexander Acosta (1969), Richard Rush (1780), and Elihu B. Washburne (1816). After him are Tenskwatawa (1775), Charles Colson (1931), Edward Givens (1930), Rand Paul (1963), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), and Edward Rutledge (1749).

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