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Daniel Inouye

1924 - 2012

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Daniel Ken Inouye ( ee-NOH-ay, Japanese: 井上 建, September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A Medal of Honor recipient, Inouye began his political career in territorial government. In 1959 he was elected as the first U.S. Representative for the State of Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2010 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Inouye is the 10,068th most popular politician (down from 9,101st in 2019), the 3,849th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,103rd in 2019) and the 328th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel Inouye ranks 10,068 out of 19,576Before him are Jean Castex, Indalecio Prieto, Bertrand Delanoë, William P. Clark Jr., Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and William, Prince of Wied. After him are Władysław Bartoszewski, Neferirkare, Dirk Jan de Geer, Girolamo Priuli, Leon Panetta, and Jorge Pacheco Areco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Daniel Inouye ranks 172Before him are Margit Sandemo, Zizi Jeanmaire, Richard Bull, Arthur Janov, Franco Cristaldi, and Grégoire Kayibanda. After him are Rudolf Barshai, Juan Ponce Enrile, Jean Bartik, Élias Sarkis, Robert Frank, and Ruth Teitelbaum. Among people deceased in 2012, Daniel Inouye ranks 151Before him are Celeste Holm, Bohdan Stupka, Anita Björk, Jack Klugman, Han Suyin, and Gae Aulenti. After him are Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Eiko Ishioka, Jiří Raška, Geoffrey Hughes, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Inouye ranks 3,849 out of 20,380Before him are Margaret Fuller (1810), Paul Strand (1890), Ellen Pompeo (1969), Jeff Porcaro (1954), John Milius (1944), and William P. Clark Jr. (1931). After him are Sheryl Crow (1962), Akon (1973), Leon Panetta (1938), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Orson Scott Card (1951), and Raymond Franz (1922).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Daniel Inouye ranks 328Before him are William Windom (1827), Phil Scott (1958), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Robert Gates (1943), Dolley Madison (1768), and William P. Clark Jr. (1931). After him are Leon Panetta (1938), Augustine Washington (1694), Cecil Andrus (1931), Bill Kristol (1952), Chuck Grassley (1933), and Schuyler Colfax (1823).