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Roy Cooper

1957 - Today

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Roy Asberry Cooper III ( KUUP-ər; born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017, and in the North Carolina General Assembly, in both the House, from 1987 to 1991, and the Senate, from 1991 to 2001. Cooper graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Cooper has received more than 3,407,323 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Roy Cooper is the 18,170th most popular politician (down from 16,886th in 2019), the 14,373rd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,103rd in 2019) and the 1,054th most popular American Politician.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roy Cooper ranks 18,170 out of 19,576. Before him are Paolo Rondelli, Sergei Udaltsov, Mimi Kodheli, Lassina Zerbo, Martin Helme, and Adriana Behar. After him are Yemi Osinbajo, Ángel Acebes, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Andrea Fischer, Charles Pinckney, and William Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Roy Cooper ranks 683. Before him are Michael E. Fossum, Bernhard Glass, Elmar Borrmann, Éva Tardos, Nikolay Larionov, and Pasquale Passarelli. After him are Yemi Osinbajo, William G. Gregory, Mike Watt, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Albán Vermes, and Vasyl Arkhypenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Cooper ranks 14,373 out of 20,380. Before him are Faye Kellerman (1952), Michael Morhaime (1967), Nicola Peltz (1995), Paul Ginsparg (1955), Dan Harmon (1973), and Matthew Conger (1978). After him are Doris Kenyon (1897), Peter Navarro (1949), Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738), Marina Squerciati (1984), Bridget Marquardt (1973), and Debbi Morgan (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Roy Cooper ranks 1,054. Before him are Ned Lamont (1954), Pete Buttigieg (1982), Howie Hawkins (1952), Rob Portman (1955), Joe Wilson (1947), and Jackie Speier (1950). After him are Charles Pinckney (1757), William Allen (1803), Jon Tester (1956), John Fetterman (1969), Richard Burr (1955), and Daniel Carroll (1730).

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