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Barbara Boxer

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Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician, lobbyist, and former reporter who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. representative for California's 6th congressional district from 1983 until 1993. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Boxer graduated from George W. Wingate High School and Brooklyn College. She worked as a stockbroker for several years before moving to California with her husband. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Barbara Boxer is the 15,489th most popular politician (up from 15,742nd in 2024), the 8,301st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,539th in 2019) and the 626th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barbara Boxer ranks 15,489 out of 19,576. Before her are Jean-Marie Doré, C. E. Ruthenberg, Duncan Hunter, Sarduri IV, Ashur-rabi I, and Elena Lasconi. After her are Jerónimo de Sousa, Giovanni Battista Rabino, Janko Jesenský, Ricardo Teixeira, Valdis Birkavs, and José María Pérez de Urdininea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Barbara Boxer ranks 430. Before her are John Finnis, Taylor Wang, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Marju Lauristin, Jacques Duquesne, and Slaven Zambata. After her are Richard D. Ryder, Wolfgang Clement, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Michael Herr, Fred Hansen, and Mary Ellen Mark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Boxer ranks 8,303 out of 20,380. Before her are Francis Frederick (1907), Heather Thomas (1957), Joe Bryant (1954), Lee Calhoun (1933), Susan Cabot (1927), and Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844). After her are Diana Barrymore (1921), Chad Everett (1937), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), Frederica von Stade (1945), Clarence Darrow (1857), and Pat O'Brien (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Barbara Boxer ranks 626. Before her are Rod Blagojevich (1956), Vernon A. Walters (1917), Robert A. Lovett (1895), Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), and Duncan Hunter (1948). After her are William M. Tweed (1823), Isabella Abbott (1919), George Tenet (1953), James M. Cox (1870), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), and Thomas Mifflin (1744).

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