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Tom Lantos

1928 - 2008

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Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Hungarian- American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Lantos has received more than 907,097 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Tom Lantos is the 15,079th most popular politician (down from 13,106th in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 457th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Hungarian Politician.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Lantos ranks 15,079 out of 19,576. Before him are Benjamin Butler, William Martin, Marju Lauristin, Anandiben Patel, Philippe Cattiau, and Miguel Abadía Méndez. After him are Gianni De Michelis, Ilinka Mitreva, Nygmet Nurmakov, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Eva Bosáková, and Abel Muzorewa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tom Lantos ranks 430. Before him are Hidetaka Nishiyama, Michelle Perrot, Earl Holliman, Martin Davis, Joe Morello, and John Ostrom. After him are Emilio Caprile, Jean Dotto, Kiyonori Kikutake, Kenny Drew, Ruth Brown, and Frigyes Hidas. Among people deceased in 2008, Tom Lantos ranks 263. Before him are Tony Duvert, Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, Edie Adams, Philip Agee, Jaime Gómez, and Esbjörn Svensson. After him are William F. Buckley Jr., Annemarie Renger, Bill Miller, Larry James, Carole Caldwell Graebner, and Paulos Faraj Rahho.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Tom Lantos ranks 589 out of 1,077. Before him are Zoltán Latinovits (1931), Ödön Zombori (1906), Bertalan Szemere (1812), María Corda (1898), Ferenc Kiss (1942), and Gabriele Possanner (1860). After him are Ödön Földessy (1929), Károly Fogl (1895), Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900), Gyula Szapáry (1832), Levente Lengyel (1933), and Eva Šuranová (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Tom Lantos ranks 123. Before him are Gyula Breyer (1893), Károly Németh (1922), István Bibó (1911), László Kovács (1939), Menyhért Lónyay (1822), and Kálmán Széll (1843). After him are Gyula Szapáry (1832), Eva Šuranová (1946), József Sákovics (1927), József Szlávy (1818), Anna Kéthly (1889), and Károly Kárpáti (1906).

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