1917 - 2010
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, Byrd also served as a U.S. representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history; he was the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress until surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Byrd has received more than 5,826,095 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Robert Byrd is the 11,346th most popular politician (down from 10,748th in 2019), the 4,504th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,503rd in 2019) and the 279th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Robert Byrd ranks 11,346 out of 15,577. Before him are Jack Sharkey, Oswaldo López Arellano, Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, and Phetsarath Ratanavongsa. After him are Sobekhotep VI, Joseph Laniel, Ernest Monis, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, and Lydia Wideman.
1902 - 1994
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 11,340
1921 - 2010
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 11,341
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 11,342
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 11,343
1882 - 1968
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 11,344
1890 - 1959
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 11,345
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 11,346
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 11,347
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 11,348
1846 - 1929
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 11,349
1705 - 1757
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 11,350
1760 - 1779
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 11,351
1920 - 2019
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 11,352
Among people born in 1917, Robert Byrd ranks 173. Before him are Steno, Olga Sanfirova, Zainab al Ghazali, Domenico Bartolucci, David Tomlinson, and Asima Chatterjee. After him are Knut Haugland, André Waterkeyn, Yuri Lyubimov, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Lena Horne, and Musine Kokalari. Among people deceased in 2010, Robert Byrd ranks 182. Before him are Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Gary Coleman, Carl Adam Petri, Kevin McCarthy, and Oswaldo López Arellano. After him are Daniel Bensaïd, Allan Sandage, Julien Guiomar, Lena Horne, Ed Roberts, and Zelda Rubinstein.
1917 - 1988
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 167
1917 - 1944
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 168
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 169
1917 - 2013
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 170
1917 - 2000
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 171
1917 - 2006
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 172
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 173
1917 - 2009
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 174
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 175
1917 - 2014
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 176
1917 - 2002
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 177
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 178
1917 - 1983
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 179
1914 - 2010
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 176
1932 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 177
1968 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 178
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 179
1914 - 2010
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 180
1921 - 2010
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 181
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 182
1946 - 2010
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 183
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 184
1928 - 2010
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 185
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 186
1941 - 2010
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 187
1933 - 2010
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 188
Among people born in United States, Robert Byrd ranks 4,504 out of 18,182. Before him are John Stagliano (1951), James Mangold (1963), David O. Russell (1958), Francis Scott Key (1779), Jason Scott Lee (1966), and Imogen Cunningham (1883). After him are Lance Reddick (1962), Philip Bosco (1930), Lewis Terman (1877), Cynthia Rhodes (1956), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), and Tim Kang (1973).
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,498
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,499
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,500
1779 - 1843
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,501
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,502
1883 - 1976
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,503
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,504
1962 - 2023
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,505
1930 - 2018
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,506
1877 - 1956
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 4,507
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 4,508
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 4,509
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 4,510
Among politicians born in United States, Robert Byrd ranks 279. Before him are Elihu Yale (1649), Robert Mueller (1944), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Ambrose Burnside (1824), and Jack Sharkey (1902). After him are Bruce Rauner (1957), Eric Shinseki (1942), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Henry Paulson (1946), Harry Reid (1939), and Oliver North (1943).
1649 - 1721
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 273
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 274
1768 - 1830
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 275
1844 - 1926
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 276
1824 - 1881
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 277
1902 - 1994
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 278
1917 - 2010
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 279
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 280
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 281
1835 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 282
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 283
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 284
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 285