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William Barr

1950 - Today

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William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States attorney general in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the administration of President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020. Born and raised in New York City, Barr was educated at the Horace Mann School, Columbia University, and George Washington University Law School. From 1971 to 1977, Barr was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Barr has received more than 6,555,943 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Barr is the 16,650th most popular politician (down from 15,551st in 2019), the 10,295th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,254th in 2019) and the 678th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Barr ranks 16,650 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert Camille Vital, Igor Lukšić, Steven Mnuchin, Bruno Gollnisch, Johan van Hulst, and John McEwen. After him are Youssouf Saleh Abbas, Srgjan Kerim, Augusto Pestana, Eduard Nalbandyan, Álvaro García Linera, and Hannelore Kraft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, William Barr ranks 568. Before him are Mariz Kemal, Albertas Šimėnas, Přemysl Bičovský, Nijolė Sabaitė, Francisco Uría, and Bruno Gollnisch. After him are Blagoja Georgievski, Roma Ryan, George McGinnis, Julia Alvarez, Danny Kirwan, and Soh Chin Ann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Barr ranks 10,295 out of 20,380. Before him are Curtis Armstrong (1953), Wesley Coe (1879), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Diamond Dallas Page (1956), and Marc Blucas (1972). After him are George Rogers Clark (1752), Scott Kelly (1964), Corin Nemec (1971), James Gentle (1904), Billy Mills (1938), and Woody Shaw (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Barr ranks 678. Before him are John O. Brennan (1955), Gideon Welles (1802), Samuel Huntington (1731), John N. Mitchell (1913), Roland Burris (1937), and Steven Mnuchin (1962). After him are Happy Chandler (1898), Mickey Kantor (1939), Dan White (1946), Keen Johnson (1896), George Clymer (1739), and Chris Dodd (1944).

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