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Rod Grams

1948 - 2013

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Rodney Dwight Grams (February 4, 1948 – October 8, 2013) was an American politician and television news anchor who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. A local news anchor, Grams became well-known for working at Twin Cities station KMSP-TV from 1982 until 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rod Grams has received more than 149,557 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rod Grams is the 19,185th most popular politician (down from 17,467th in 2019), the 18,073rd most popular biography from United States (down from 16,277th in 2019) and the 1,437th most popular American Politician.

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  • 150k

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  • 28.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rod Grams ranks 19,185 out of 19,576Before him are Andy Beshear, Jim McGovern, Patrizia Kummer, Vanessa D'Ambrosio, Minke Smeets, and John de Jongh Jr.. After him are Leopoldo Serantes, Omar Abdullah, Laura Glauser, Therese Comodini Cachia, Marise Payne, and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Rod Grams ranks 800Before him are Raúl Grijalva, Bennie Thompson, Duncan Hunter, Michael Wood, Ian Hallam, and John Blackley.  Among people deceased in 2013, Rod Grams ranks 554Before him are Pavlos Fyssas, Jason Molina, Andrew Simpson, Jiah Khan, Mindy McCready, and Sean Edwards. After him are Noé Hernández, Igor Kurnosov, Donna Hartley, Michael Hastings, Ned Vizzini, and Patrick Kay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rod Grams ranks 18,073 out of 20,380Before him are Tyler Adams (1999), Greg Monroe (1990), Michael Norman (1997), Brian K. Vaughan (1976), Skyler Shaye (1986), and Julian Edelman (1986). After him are Chance Perdomo (1996), Logan Miller (1992), James Adomian (1980), Ashleigh Murray (1988), MC Lyte (1970), and Joe Kovacs (1989).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Rod Grams ranks 1,437Before him are London Breed (1974), Jim Douglas (1951), Allen West (1961), Mark Foley (1954), Andy Beshear (1977), and Jim McGovern (1959). After him are Joe Scarborough (1963), Anthony Foxx (1971), Stephanie Grisham (1976), Scott Pruitt (1968), Ben Ray Luján (1972), and Pete Sessions (1955).