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Walter Mondale

1928 - 2021

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Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 presidential election, but lost to incumbent Ronald Reagan in an Electoral College and popular vote landslide. Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota, and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951 after attending Macalester College. He then served in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Mondale has received more than 7,540,382 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Walter Mondale is the 4,790th most popular politician (down from 4,785th in 2019), the 1,526th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,623rd in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Walter Mondales by language

Over the past year Walter Mondale has had the most page views in the with 709,015 views, followed by German (23,872), and Spanish (22,991). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (69.85%), Ilocano (60.96%), and Simple English (57.34%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Mondale ranks 4,790 out of 19,576. Before him are Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Giuliano Amato, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Tammam Salam, Eleanor of Viseu, and Leszek the White. After him are Abdullah Khan II, Ernst Johann von Biron, Liamine Zéroual, Félix Tshisekedi, Janez Janša, and Prince Henry of Battenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Walter Mondale ranks 90. Before him are Tony Richardson, Patrick McGoohan, Robert Sheckley, Elias James Corey, Hans Blix, and Marco Ferreri. After him are Wolfgang von Trips, Sara Montiel, Burt Bacharach, Gustav Leonhardt, James Ivory, and Colin Chapman. Among people deceased in 2021, Walter Mondale ranks 78. Before him are Kentaro Miura, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Tamara Press, Larry Flynt, Milva, and Mamnoon Hussain. After him are Hannu Mikkola, Bertrand Tavernier, Gottfried Böhm, Abdelkader Bensalah, Dušan Ivković, and Tanya Roberts.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Mondale ranks 1,526 out of 20,380. Before him are James Brendan Connolly (1868), Viola Davis (1965), Lionel Stander (1908), Grace Zabriskie (1941), Matthew Broderick (1962), and River Phoenix (1970). After him are Frederick Douglass (1818), Eva Marie Saint (1924), Poul Anderson (1926), Robert Patrick (1958), Theda Bara (1885), and Arthur Penn (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Walter Mondale ranks 110. Before him are John Foster Dulles (1888), Charles G. Dawes (1865), Aaron Burr (1756), George Clinton (1739), Red Cloud (1822), and Kalākaua (1836). After him are Alben W. Barkley (1877), Henry L. Stimson (1867), Conrad Hilton (1887), Harvey Milk (1930), Caroline Kennedy (1957), and Mitt Romney (1947).

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