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Russell A. Alger

1836 - 1907

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Russell Alexander Alger ( AL-jər; February 27, 1836 – January 24, 1907) was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War. He was supposedly a distant relation of author Horatio Alger. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Russell A. Alger has received more than 145,418 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Russell A. Alger is the 17,827th most popular politician (down from 16,349th in 2019), the 13,400th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,436th in 2019) and the 929th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Russell A. Algers by language

Over the past year Russell A. Alger has had the most page views in the with 21,173 views, followed by Simple English (898), and Japanese (851). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (113.30%), Simple English (109.81%), and Hungarian (20.24%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Russell A. Alger ranks 17,827 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhantoro Satybaldiyev, Jury Chechi, Evgeny Bareev, George Stoneman, Christophe Castaner, and Mercedes Cabrera. After him are Nathalie Loiseau, Rod Blagojevich, Elena Cattaneo, Julia Klöckner, Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Eoin MacNeill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Russell A. Alger ranks 80. Before him are Adolf Schwarz, Justiniano Borgoño, Pablo Arosemena, Tekle Giyorgis II, Joseph Smit, and Walter Besant.  Among people deceased in 1907, Russell A. Alger ranks 101. Before him are Agnes Mary Clerke, Mariano Baptista, Maxwell T. Masters, Garrett Serviss, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Sophus Bugge. After him is Frederic Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Russell A. Alger ranks 13,400 out of 20,380. Before him are Derrick May (1963), Max Holloway (1991), Meldrick Taylor (1966), Fred Melamed (1956), Brit Marling (1983), and Thomas Kinkade (1958). After him are Bobby Bare (1935), Drake Bell (1986), Jill Abramson (1954), Bobby Charles (1938), Raymond Hatton (1887), and Adele Jergens (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Russell A. Alger ranks 929. Before him are Dan McKee (1951), Peter Welch (1947), Newton D. Baker (1871), Jane Dee Hull (1935), Debbie Stabenow (1950), and George Stoneman (1822). After him are Rod Blagojevich (1956), Marjorie Taylor Greene (1974), Ella Grasso (1919), Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Edward Bates (1793), and Kirsten Gillibrand (1966).

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