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Rick Perry

1950 - Today

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James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 in the first administration of Donald Trump. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections. Born into a family of cotton farmers in Haskell, Texas, Perry graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972 and entered into the United States Air Force, serving a five-year stint and achieving the rank of captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Perry has received more than 4,977,053 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Rick Perry is the 12,115th most popular politician (up from 13,086th in 2019), the 4,628th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,047th in 2019) and the 301st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rick Perry ranks 12,115 out of 19,576. Before him are Giovanni Passannante, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Levy Mwanawasa, Wilhelm Solf, Esko Aho, and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Alphons Egli, Cécilia Attias, Eurypon, Merkawre Sobekhotep, and Muhammad az-Zanati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Rick Perry ranks 239. Before him are Thom Barry, Tommy Aldridge, Graham Hancock, Josiane Balasko, Lino Červar, and Luis Alberto Spinetta. After him are Kenny Ortega, Marián Masný, Robert Z'Dar, Seyla Benhabib, Damo Suzuki, and Rosi Mittermaier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rick Perry ranks 4,628 out of 20,380. Before him are John Wesley Hardin (1853), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Patti LuPone (1949), Joey Jordison (1975), Shemar Moore (1970), and Kathleen Quinlan (1954). After him are Kenny Ortega (1950), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Jack Albertson (1907), Leighton Meester (1986), Jeffrey Wright (1965), and Margaret Hamilton (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Rick Perry ranks 301. Before him are Clyde Tolson (1900), Augustine Washington (1694), William Livingston (1723), Grace Coolidge (1879), Julia Grant (1826), and Beau Biden (1969). After him are Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), Michael Kors (1959), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), William B. Travis (1809), Frances Cleveland (1864), and Susanna M. Salter (1860).

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