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Fred Thompson

1942 - 2015

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Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election. He chaired the International Security Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of State, was a member of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Thompson is the 12,711th most popular politician (down from 12,488th in 2019), the 5,462nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,875th in 2019) and the 454th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fred Thompson ranks 12,711 out of 19,576. Before him are Adalgis, Albert Meyer, Hippolyte Carnot, Hugh II of Cyprus, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. After him are Dorothea Köring, Roger Marshall, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Manny Mori, and Fujiwara no Yoshifusa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Fred Thompson ranks 340. Before him are Arrigo Miglio, Dennis Meadows, Eduard Markarov, Rita Tushingham, Jack DeJohnette, and Andrew Robinson. After him are Wojciech Pszoniak, Bernd Kannenberg, Anneke Grönloh, Giancarlo Ferrari, Charles Konan Banny, and Jusuf Kalla. Among people deceased in 2015, Fred Thompson ranks 225. Before him are Ninón Sevilla, Xu Caihou, Walter Burkert, Charb, Moira Orfei, and Michael Graves. After him are Jean-Claude Turcotte, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Robert Manzon, Miroslav Ondříček, Beau Biden, and Yogi Berra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Thompson ranks 5,462 out of 20,380. Before him are Jane Adams (1965), Carmen McRae (1922), Mike Todd (1909), Michael Graves (1934), Charles Horton Peck (1833), and Barnum Brown (1873). After him are Brock Lesnar (1977), Roger Marshall (1960), Sylvanus Morley (1883), Chris Carter (1956), Eileen Brennan (1932), and John Paul Getty III (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Fred Thompson ranks 454. Before him are Ed Lee (1952), Strom Thurmond (1902), Edmund Randolph (1753), Karen Bass (1953), Ishi (1860), and John Hay (1838). After him are Roger Marshall (1960), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Jack Sharkey (1902), Beau Biden (1969), Mike Castle (1939), and Mark White (1940).

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