1934 - Today
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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Among politicians, Richard Shelby ranks 14,797 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 14,791
1790 - 1844
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 14,792
1895 - 1951
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 14,793
1874 - 1947
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 14,794
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 14,795
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 14,796
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 14,797
1886 - 1911
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 14,798
1819 - 1881
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 14,799
1886 - 1971
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 14,800
1810 - 1883
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 14,801
1906 - 1986
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 14,802
1895 - 1968
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 14,803
Among people born in 1934, Richard Shelby ranks 405. Before 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.
1934 - 2016
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 399
1934 - 2021
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 400
1934 - 1991
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 401
1934 - 2022
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 402
1934 - 2006
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 403
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 404
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 405
1934 - 2013
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 406
1934 - 2015
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 407
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 408
1934 - 2015
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 409
1934 - 2013
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 410
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 411
Among people born in United States, Richard Shelby ranks 8,448 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,442
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,443
1925 - 1991
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 8,444
1956 - 2001
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 8,445
1881 - 1953
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 8,446
1902 - 1970
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 8,447
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 8,448
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 8,449
1947 - 2021
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 8,450
1968 - 2019
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 8,451
1943 - 2023
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 8,452
1993 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 8,453
1886 - 1911
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 8,454
Among politicians born in United States, Richard Shelby ranks 518. Before 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).
1800 - 1891
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 512
1733 - 1804
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 513
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 514
1880 - 1965
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 515
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 516
1790 - 1844
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 517
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 518
1886 - 1911
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 519
1886 - 1971
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 520
1810 - 1883
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 521
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 522
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 523
1870 - 1957
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 524