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Tom Harkin

1939 - Today

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Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district from 1975 to 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Harkin has received more than 897,493 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tom Harkin is the 18,065th most popular politician (down from 16,541st in 2019), the 14,048th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,961st in 2019) and the 1,012th most popular American Politician.

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  • 900k

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  • 46.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Harkin ranks 18,065 out of 19,576. Before him are Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Jens Weidmann, Marat Khusnullin, Nasir-ud-Daulah, Charlie Baker, and Yelena Serova. After him are Nancy Kassebaum, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Rafael Pascual, Nadezhda Neynsky, and Roscoe Conkling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Tom Harkin ranks 629. Before him are Bob Armstrong, Don McKinnon, John A. Russo, Judy Grinham, D. C. Fontana, and Betty Everett. After him are Zelmo Beaty, Barry Cunliffe, Barry Mann, Ben Cayetano, Leonel Maciel, and Peter Radford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Harkin ranks 14,048 out of 20,380. Before him are Everlast (1969), Mario Runco Jr. (1952), Pauli Murray (1910), Sarah Caldwell (1924), Big Daddy Kane (1968), and Robert Buckley (1981). After him are Tammy Lynn Sytch (1972), Glen Ballard (1953), Theresa Saldana (1954), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Mary Crosby (1959), and Liz Vassey (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Tom Harkin ranks 1,012. Before him are John L. McClellan (1896), Marin Raykov (1960), Thad Cochran (1937), Shelley Moore Capito (1953), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933), and Charlie Baker (1956). After him are Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), Roscoe Conkling (1829), Margaret Heckler (1931), Clement Comer Clay (1789), and J. B. Pritzker (1965).

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