POLITICIAN

Wally Hickel

1919 - 2010

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Walter Joseph Hickel (August 18, 1919 – May 7, 2010) was an American businessman, real estate developer, and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994, as well as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1969 to 1970. He worked as a construction worker and eventually became a construction company operator during Alaska's territorial days. Following World War II, Hickel became heavily involved with real estate development, building residential subdivisions, shopping centers and hotels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wally Hickel has received more than 276,954 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Wally Hickel is the 18,003rd most popular politician (down from 16,665th in 2019), the 13,867th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,359th in 2019) and the 990th most popular American Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wally Hickel ranks 18,003 out of 19,576. Before her are Saeed Jalili, Luigi de Magistris, Mitch Daniels, Orlando Zapata, Anna Kinberg Batra, and John Carney. After her are Nathalie Arthaud, Leonid Volkov, Mark Gordon, Steve Beshear, Ronald Gamarra Herrera, and Samuel D. Ingham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Wally Hickel ranks 351. Before her are Jayne Meadows, Ella Grasso, Ellen Stewart, Mary Beth Hughes, Janet Waldo, and Stanley Middleton. After her are Chuck Stevenson, Howard Morris, Beatrice Hicks, Steve Brodie, Andy Rooney, and Beryl Reid. Among people deceased in 2010, Wally Hickel ranks 468. Before her are Kage Baker, Shoya Tomizawa, Barbara Billingsley, Lamont Johnson, Billy Taylor, and Orlando Zapata. After her are Bill Dixon, Stephen Schneider, Teena Marie, Adele Mara, Helen Wagner, and Nodar Kumaritashvili.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wally Hickel ranks 13,867 out of 20,380. Before her are Joseph Bernardin (1928), Mitch Daniels (1949), Bill Davis (2000), John Carney (1956), Inspectah Deck (1970), and Steven Wright (1955). After her are Ann Bancroft (1955), Anne Lockhart (1953), Lane Garrison (1980), Jason Mantzoukas (1972), Mitchell Baker (1957), and Billy Gardell (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Wally Hickel ranks 990. Before her are Sam Nunn (1938), Donna Shalala (1941), Deb Fischer (1951), Sandy Berger (1945), Mitch Daniels (1949), and John Carney (1956). After her are Mark Gordon (1957), Steve Beshear (1944), Samuel D. Ingham (1779), Felix Grundy (1777), Jim Justice (1951), and Thomas Hart Benton (1782).

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