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Ed Koch

1924 - 2013

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Edward Irving Koch ( KOTCH; December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. A popular figure, Koch rode the New York City Subway and stood at street corners greeting passersby with the slogan "How'm I doin'?" He was a lifelong bachelor, had no children, and did not disclose his sexuality during his lifetime. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor, he began by cutting spending and taxes and cutting 7,000 employees from the city payroll. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Koch is the 12,470th most popular politician (up from 13,125th in 2024), the 5,281st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,410th in 2019) and the 440th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ed Koch ranks 12,470 out of 19,576. Before him are Enlil-kudurri-usur, Decimus Junius Silanus, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Roberto M. Levingston, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and Xenophon Zolotas. After him are Kazimierz Sabbat, Viktor Grishin, Edward Bernard Raczyński, Hertta Kuusinen, Juan Bautista Alberdi, and Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ed Koch ranks 254. Before him are Marianne Werner, Rainer Barzel, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Wendell Ford, Sylvia Miles, and Evald Ilyenkov. After him are Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Dennis Weaver, Qiao Shi, János Starker, Mike Bongiorno, and J. J. Johnson. Among people deceased in 2013, Ed Koch ranks 226. Before him are Mirko Kovač, Emilio Pericoli, Joanna Chmielewska, Angela Voigt, Georges Descrières, and Robert Byrne. After him are Norma Bengell, Walter De Maria, Cayetano Ré, János Starker, Barry Jackson, and Aleksei Yuryevich German.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Koch ranks 5,281 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Hahn (1977), Robert Byrne (1928), Mark Pellegrino (1965), Lois Smith (1930), Valerie Perrine (1943), and Lewis Boss (1846). After him are Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), Joan Blondell (1906), Rosalind E. Krauss (1941), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), Jeezy (1977), and Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ed Koch ranks 440. Before him are Joseph Brant (1742), Edmund Muskie (1914), Matilda Howell (1859), Caroline Harrison (1832), Wendell Ford (1924), and William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891). After him are Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Susana Martinez (1959), Osceola (1804), Henry Paulson (1946), and Kaʻahumanu (1768).

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