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Strom Thurmond

1902 - 2003

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James Strom Thurmond, Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Strom Thurmond has received more than 6,958,623 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Strom Thurmond is the 13,294th most popular politician (down from 11,659th in 2019), the 5,548th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,741st in 2019) and the 355th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Strom Thurmonds by language

Over the past year Strom Thurmond has had the most page views in the with 840,199 views, followed by German (12,192), and Chinese (9,684). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (312.45%), Latvian (174.93%), and Simple English (127.54%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Strom Thurmond ranks 13,294 out of 19,576. Before him are Song Renqiong, Aufidius Bassus, Margaret Taylor, Gratian, Eduard Heger, and Robert Byrd. After him are King Dao of Zhou, Merhotepre Ini, Anton Ackermann, Abdullah Ensour, Hakainde Hichilema, and Ashtavakra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Strom Thurmond ranks 205. Before him are Yakov Smushkevich, José Miró Cardona, Kim Sowol, Yevgeny Petrov, Dirk Brouwer, and Panagiotis Kanellopoulos. After him are Herma Szabo, Lūcija Garūta, Jean Grémillon, Luo Ronghuan, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, and André Patry. Among people deceased in 2003, Strom Thurmond ranks 202. Before him are Flóra Kádár, Izzat Ghazzawi, Kriangsak Chamanan, Derek Prince, Kató Lomb, and Veikko Hakulinen. After him are Piet Dankert, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Fedora Barbieri, Viguen, Lev Kerbel, and Art Carney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Strom Thurmond ranks 5,548 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Taylor (1788), Michael Tomasello (1950), Margaret Colin (1958), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), Robert Byrd (1917), and Al Kooper (1944). After him are Mark Forest (1933), Mike Wallace (1918), Cesar Chavez (1927), Ida B. Wells (1862), Glenn Danzig (1955), and J. D. Tippit (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Strom Thurmond ranks 355. Before him are Maura Healey (1971), Pete Rose (1941), Ishi (1860), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), Margaret Taylor (1788), and Robert Byrd (1917). After him are William R. King (1786), Osceola (1804), Eric Adams (1960), Budge Patty (1924), Eugene McCarthy (1916), and Chief Joseph (1840).

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