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Eugene McCarthy

1916 - 2005

Eugene McCarthy

Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. McCarthy sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1968 election, challenging incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti–Vietnam War platform, and unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for president on four subsequent occasions. Born in Watkins, Minnesota, McCarthy became an economics professor after earning a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene McCarthy is the 14,127th most popular politician (down from 13,389th in 2019), the 6,595th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,636th in 2019) and the 528th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eugene McCarthy ranks 14,127 out of 19,576. Before him are Leung Chun-ying, Domitien Ndayizeye, Jo Myong-rok, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Ludo Martens, and Ernst Streeruwitz. After him are Joe Lieberman, Steve Bullock, Konstantin Muraviev, Metacomet, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, and Jim Jordan.

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Leung Chun-ying
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 14,127
Domitien Ndayizeye
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 14,128
Jo Myong-rok
1928 - 2010
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 14,129
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
1798 - 1878
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 14,130
Ludo Martens
1946 - 2011
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 14,131
Ernst Streeruwitz
1874 - 1952
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 14,132
Eugene McCarthy
1916 - 2005
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 14,133
Joe Lieberman
1942 - 2024
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 14,134
Steve Bullock
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 14,135
Konstantin Muraviev
1893 - 1965
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 14,136
Metacomet
1639 - 1676
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 14,137
Julio César Méndez Montenegro
1915 - 1996
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 14,138
Jim Jordan
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 14,139

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Eugene McCarthy ranks 197. Before him are Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Irving Wallace, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Josef Gauchel, Charles Kittel, and Arnoldo Foà. After him are Frederick C. Weyand, Guglielmo Gabetto, Nancye Wynne Bolton, Einar Englund, Evelyn Keyes, and Bernard Heuvelmans. Among people deceased in 2005, Eugene McCarthy ranks 214. Before him are Melita Norwood, Giuliano Bonfante, Fabrizio Meoni, Frank Gorshin, Cliff Allison, and Julián Marías. After him are Jesús Rafael Soto, Vladimir Kotelnikov, Colette Besson, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Michalina Wisłocka, and Donald Watson.

Others Born in 1916

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Ángel Suquía Goicoechea
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1916 - 2006
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 191
Irving Wallace
WRITER
1916 - 1990
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 192
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
WRITER
1916 - 1991
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 193
Josef Gauchel
SOCCER PLAYER
1916 - 1963
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 194
Charles Kittel
PHYSICIST
1916 - 2019
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 195
Arnoldo Foà
ACTOR
1916 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 196
Eugene McCarthy
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2005
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 197
Frederick C. Weyand
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 198
Guglielmo Gabetto
SOCCER PLAYER
1916 - 1949
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 199
Nancye Wynne Bolton
TENNIS PLAYER
1916 - 2001
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 200
Einar Englund
COMPOSER
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 201
Evelyn Keyes
ACTOR
1916 - 2008
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 202
Bernard Heuvelmans
BIOLOGIST
1916 - 2001
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 203