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Barry Goldwater

1909 - 1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964. Goldwater was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he helped manage his family's department store. During World War II, he flew aircraft between the U.S. and India. After the war, Goldwater served in the Phoenix City Council. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Goldwater is the 9,476th most popular politician (down from 9,410th in 2019), the 3,569th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,244th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barry Goldwater ranks 9,476 out of 19,576. Before him are Isetnofret II, Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, Nepherites I, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Aripert I, and Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine. After him are Selim I Giray, John I, Count of Holland, Chea Sim, Conon de Béthune, Han Myeong-sook, and Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies.

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Among people born in 1909, Barry Goldwater ranks 125. Before him are David Frankfurter, Indro Montanelli, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Anthony Mamo, Ryszard Siwiec, and Atsushi Nakajima. After him are Gordon Bunshaft, Gerhard Gentzen, Morris Swadesh, André Cayatte, Dean Rusk, and Milena Pavlović-Barili. Among people deceased in 1998, Barry Goldwater ranks 108. Before him are Jerome Robbins, Beatrice Wood, Slava Metreveli, Jane Bell, Shinichi Suzuki, and Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Bruno Munari, Birger Ruud, Otto Baum, Yuri Artyukhin, Ramón Sampedro, and Lia Manoliu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Goldwater ranks 3,569 out of 20,380. Before him are Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Eben Alexander (1953), Sean Young (1959), Stephen Stills (1945), DeForest Kelley (1920), and John O'Connor (1920). After him are Thomas Horsfield (1773), Joseph Valachi (1904), William Atherton (1947), Kate Chopin (1850), Gardner Fox (1911), and Leonard Kleinrock (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Barry Goldwater ranks 302. Before him are Besse Cooper (1896), Peter G. Peterson (1926), Oliver Winchester (1810), Scott Brown (1959), Chuck Schumer (1950), and James F. Byrnes (1882). After him are Bob Casey Jr. (1960), Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), John Carney (1956), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Doug Jones (1954), and David Axelrod (1955).

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