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Arlen Specter

1930 - 2012

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Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years. Specter was born in Wichita, Kansas, to immigrant Russian/Ukrainian Jewish parents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Arlen Specter is the 17,825th most popular politician (down from 17,505th in 2024), the 13,126th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,533rd in 2019) and the 998th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arlen Specter ranks 17,825 out of 19,576. Before him are Hussein Farrah Aidid, Larry Craig, Péter Márki-Zay, Dennis Skinner, Irakli Okruashvili, and James Abourezk. After him are Russell Carpenter, Wade Hampton III, N. Biren Singh, Audronius Ažubalis, Eugen Bejinariu, and Radiy Khabirov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Arlen Specter ranks 615. Before him are Geeta Bali, Geeta Dutt, Miguel Seijas, Norman Podhoretz, Shirley Williams, and Joan Mondale. After him are Frank Shakespeare, Luki Botha, Charles Correa, Booker Ervin, Stuart Williams, and Nicholas F. Brady. Among people deceased in 2012, Arlen Specter ranks 476. Before him are Bill Hinzman, Milt Campbell, Jose Tomas Sanchez, Nina Bawden, Alex Karras, and Frederica Sagor Maas. After him are A. K. Hangal, António Leitão, Elizabeth Catlett, Joyce Redman, Bob Boozer, and Robert Bork.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arlen Specter ranks 13,130 out of 20,380. Before him are Fay McKenzie (1918), Jerry Trainor (1977), Constance Cummings (1910), Laila Ali (1977), Lilyan Tashman (1896), and Alan Rosenberg (1950). After him are Ann Little (1891), Peggy Rea (1921), Roy Atwell (1878), Donald Howard Menzel (1901), Melissa Rosenberg (1962), and Russell Carpenter (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Arlen Specter ranks 998. Before him are John G. Carlisle (1834), Pat Roberts (1936), Harry Hines Woodring (1887), Thomas McKean (1734), Larry Craig (1945), and James Abourezk (1931). After him are Russell Carpenter (1950), Wade Hampton III (1818), Gideon Welles (1802), Ron Wyden (1949), Caesar Rodney (1728), and John Boozman (1950).

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