POLITICIAN

Spark Matsunaga

1916 - 1990

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Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (Japanese: 松永 正幸, October 8, 1916 – April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Hawaii territorial house of representatives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spark Matsunaga has received more than 248,870 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Spark Matsunaga is the 16,440th most popular politician (down from 15,335th in 2019), the 9,826th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,691st in 2019) and the 638th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Spark Matsunaga ranks 16,440 out of 19,576Before him are Delcy Rodríguez, Gheorghe Fiat, Clement Arrindell, John Kasich, Rebecca Latimer Felton, and José Vicente Concha. After him are Takashi Yokoyama, Elmar Mammadyarov, Cunedda, Peter Eriksson, Lilli Gruber, and José María Medina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Spark Matsunaga ranks 273Before him are Jean Margéot, Manuel Chorens, Virginia Gregg, Robert Marshak, Paul Felix Schmidt, and George Montgomery. After him are Richard K. Guy, Shobhna Samarth, Jeannette Campbell, Marie Wilson, Roderick Chisholm, and Peter Geach. Among people deceased in 1990, Spark Matsunaga ranks 278Before him are Minoru Honda, Clara González, David Hampshire, Bob Gerard, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Johnnie Ray. After him are Ryan White, Susan Oliver, Pearl Bailey, Mike Mazurki, David Rose, and Jadwiga Wajs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spark Matsunaga ranks 9,826 out of 20,380Before him are Carl Kaufmann (1936), Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835), Angie Harmon (1972), Robert Lockwood Jr. (1915), Sherry Stringfield (1967), and Bruce Ames (1928). After him are Charles Stanton Ogle (1865), Thomas Starzl (1926), Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Laz Alonso (1974), Ian Wolfe (1896), and Frankie Genaro (1901).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Spark Matsunaga ranks 638Before him are George Washington Goethals (1858), Edward James Roye (1815), Leonard Wood (1860), Peter G. Peterson (1926), John Kasich (1952), and Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835). After him are Alexander Acosta (1969), Richard Rush (1780), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Richard Shelby (1934), Tenskwatawa (1775), and Charles Colson (1931).