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Tom Carper

1947 - Today

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Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, having held the seat since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and was the 71st governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001. A native of Beckley, West Virginia, Carper graduated from Ohio State University. Serving as a naval flight officer in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Carper has received more than 1,037,342 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Carper is the 17,192nd most popular politician (down from 16,226th in 2019), the 11,630th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,081st in 2019) and the 772nd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tom Carpers by language

Over the past year Tom Carper has had the most page views in the with 168,296 views, followed by Russian (2,757), and Chinese (2,367). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (87.40%), Serbo-Croatian (58.44%), and Simple English (45.46%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Carper ranks 17,192 out of 19,576. Before him are Jaime Mayor Oreja, Peter Mandelson, Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, Alexander Borodai, Marina Kaljurand, and Jane Irwin Harrison. After him are Susi Pudjiastuti, Drest IV, Mike Moore, Catherine Tizard, Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon, and Riikka Purra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Tom Carper ranks 775. Before him are Heikki Ikola, Keone Young, Archie Gemmill, Reno Olsen, Christian Pollas, and Sándor Erdős. After him are Finn Tveter, John Holt, Bernard Talvard, Rita Wilden, Terry Griffiths, and Ken Dryden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Carper ranks 11,630 out of 20,380. Before him are John P. Marquand (1893), Elaine Stewart (1930), Lila Lee (1905), Ryan Hurst (1976), Kate Spade (1962), and Jane Irwin Harrison (1804). After him are Jimmy Rogers (1924), Alice Brown (1960), Samuel E. Wright (1946), Wendy Schaal (1954), Paul Lynde (1926), and Mitch Miller (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Tom Carper ranks 772. Before him are Mike Gravel (1930), Gaylord Nelson (1916), Samuel Osgood (1747), Amy Klobuchar (1960), Stuart Symington (1901), and Jane Irwin Harrison (1804). After him are Caleb Cushing (1800), Mike Mansfield (1903), Hiram Fong (1906), Mark Hanna (1837), Ed Lee (1952), and Laura Kelly (1950).

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