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Ted Sorensen

1928 - 2010

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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (May 8, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Kennedy once called him his "intellectual blood bank". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Sorensen has received more than 652,327 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ted Sorensen is the 16,926th most popular politician (down from 15,338th in 2019), the 10,948th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,698th in 2019) and the 723rd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ted Sorensens by language

Over the past year Ted Sorensen has had the most page views in the with 91,570 views, followed by German (3,846), and Japanese (3,682). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (34.57%), Japanese (17.26%), and French (5.30%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ted Sorensen ranks 16,926 out of 19,576. Before him are Djimrangar Dadnadji, Valeria Ciavatta, Gianuario Carta, Sak Kʼukʼ, Robert P. Patterson, and Kanu Sanyal. After him are Hossein Sheikholeslam, Jo Cox, Ludger Beerbaum, J. Donald Cameron, Sophie in 't Veld, and Pat Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Ted Sorensen ranks 547. Before him are Vasile Tiță, Serge Blusson, Udham Singh, Stig Claesson, Shiro Hashizume, and Kanu Sanyal. After him are Ferenc Juhász, Věra Růžičková, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Joseph Vissers, Pat O'Connor, and Tom Aldredge. Among people deceased in 2010, Ted Sorensen ranks 420. Before him are Janet Simpson, He Pingping, Ronald Pettersson, Lionel Jeffries, Antonio Giolitti, and Kanu Sanyal. After him are Harvey Pekar, Arne Nordheim, Sammy Baird, Giovanni Pettenella, Ed Thigpen, and June Havoc.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Sorensen ranks 10,948 out of 20,380. Before him are Frances Willard (1839), Samuel King Allison (1900), George Henry Thomas (1816), Marguerite MacIntyre (1965), Steven R. McQueen (1988), and Faith Evans (1973). After him are Daniel Kleppner (1932), Bob Clark (1939), Rory Cochrane (1972), Henry Proctor (1929), Amos Eaton (1776), and Alan Rachins (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ted Sorensen ranks 723. Before him are Jake Garn (1932), Nell Arthur (1837), Jim Inhofe (1934), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Bill Weld (1945), and Robert P. Patterson (1891). After him are J. Donald Cameron (1833), Pat Brown (1905), William Samuel Johnson (1727), Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), Thomas Bibb (1783), and Howard Dean (1948).

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