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Ron DeSantis

1978 - Today

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Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, DeSantis represented Florida's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018. Born in Jacksonville, DeSantis spent most of his childhood in Dunedin, Florida. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron DeSantis has received more than 18,861,786 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ron DeSantis is the 17,169th most popular politician (down from 15,378th in 2019), the 12,996th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,815th in 2019) and the 940th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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The Guardian
Ron DeSantis thanks then attacks heckler who called him a fascist
Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate cheered by South Carolina campaign trail audienceA South Carolina heckler called Ron DeSantis a “fucking fascist” on Friday. In response, the Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate said: “…
Martin Pengelly in New York
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Boing Boing
Ron DeSantis supports pastor who says gay people should be "put to death"
Ron DeSantis is best known for being a proud bigot (e.g., banning teachers from talking about racism, his vindictive fight against Disney over his "Don't Say Gay" law, last month's slew of anti-LGBTQ "slate of hate" bills). So it's no wonder that his pastor-p…
Carla Sinclair
Friday, June 2, 2023
Boing Boing
Ron DeSantis manages to fit 7 "wokes" into 23-second rant, setting new record
Woke-obsessed Ron DeSantis out-woked himself today, inserting his all-purpose term "woke" into a woke-laden woke rant seven woke times in less than half a woke minute. "Woke represents a war on truth, so we plan to wage a war on woke," Florida's unwoke wo…
Carla Sinclair
Friday, June 2, 2023
Business Insider
Ron DeSantis weirdly refused to say how to pronounce his name, after being called out for flip-flopping between different ways
"It's ridiculous. These stupid things. Listen, the way to pronounce my last name – winner," DeSantis snapped when asked by a reporter about his name.
Tom Porter
Friday, June 2, 2023

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ron DeSantis ranks 17,169 out of 15,577. Before him are Gesine Lötzsch, Figen Yüksekdağ, Samir Rifai, Philip Francis Thomas, Tom Harkin, and Bajram Kosumi. After him are Anna Diamantopoulou, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Rosario Fernández, Johnny Paul Koroma, Bob Bennett, and Kirti Nidhi Bista.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ron DeSantis ranks 429. Before him are Megumi Toyoguchi, Pampita, Fu Mingxia, Katie Price, Becki Newton, and Franziska van Almsick. After him are Óscar Hernández, Xavier Tondo, Neil Druckmann, Franck Montagny, Gábor Vona, and Faudel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron DeSantis ranks 12,996 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Harkin (1939), Polly Draper (1955), Taye Diggs (1971), Patrick Ness (1971), Peter Paige (1969), and Allen Tate (1899). After him are Dolores Gray (1924), Rick Steiner (1961), Dan Issel (1948), Midori (1968), Mitch Kupchak (1954), and Brian Michael Bendis (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ron DeSantis ranks 940. Before him are George Walton (1741), Gideon Welles (1802), Frank Murphy (1890), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Philip Francis Thomas (1810), and Tom Harkin (1939). After him are Bob Bennett (1933), Lot M. Morrill (1813), Eva Bowring (1892), Andrew McCollum (1983), Terry McAuliffe (1957), and Phil Murphy (1957).

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