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Alexis Herman

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Alexis Margaret Herman (July 16, 1947 – April 25, 2025) was an American political figure who served as the 23rd United States secretary of labor from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. She was the first Black American to hold the position. She was previously Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. Herman grew up in Mobile, Alabama. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Alexis Herman is the 37th most popular political scientist (up from 44th in 2024), the 6,824th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,239th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Political Scientist.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Alexis Herman ranks 37 out of 46. Before her are Michel Pablo, Hayranidil Kadın, Robert Keohane, Marfa Boretskaya, Karl Deutsch, and Carl Joachim Friedrich. After her are Adam Przeworski, Olivier Roy, Sidney Verba, Ivan Krastev, Cass Sunstein, and Cas Mudde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Alexis Herman ranks 487. Before her are Michèle Torr, Richard Lewis, Erik Olin Wright, Candy Clark, Liu Yunshan, and Lee Kerslake. After her are Charles Rabemananjara, Lynn Anderson, Giorgio Francia, Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Jeffrey C. Alexander, and Bill Richardson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexis Herman ranks 6,826 out of 20,380. Before her are Eugene Garfield (1925), Ivan Brown (1908), Benjamin Briggs (1835), Ken Jeong (1969), Ford Konno (1933), and Frances Spence (1922). After her are George Eads (1967), Janet Margolin (1943), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), Kevin Johnson (1966), Juan Trippe (1899), and John Cromwell (1886).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, Alexis Herman ranks 15. Before her are James Flynn (1934), Charles Murray (1943), Norman Finkelstein (1953), William Graham Sumner (1840), Robert D. Putnam (1941), and Robert Keohane (1941). After her are Sidney Verba (1932), Cass Sunstein (1954), and Claudine Gay (1970).

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