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Gaylord Nelson

1916 - 2005

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Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Gaylord Nelson is the 15,883rd most popular politician (up from 17,150th in 2024), the 8,821st most popular biography from United States (up from 11,575th in 2019) and the 676th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaylord Nelson ranks 15,884 out of 19,576. Before him are Agustín Morales, Benigno Ferreira, Earl Browder, Jesse Helms, François Legault, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, and Postumus Cominius Auruncus. After him are H. R. Haldeman, Æthelred, Shaukat Aziz, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, and Johan Henrik Deuntzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Gaylord Nelson ranks 250. Before him are Lennart Klingström, Toni Branca, Roy Ward Baker, Dorothy Cheney, Julien Darui, and Ken Wharton. After him are Don Keefer, Margaret Lockwood, Krystyna Feldman, Lee Cronbach, Blas de Otero, and Ken Curtis. Among people deceased in 2005, Gaylord Nelson ranks 287. Before him are Carl Amery, Carl Forssell, Mario Luzi, George Szekeres, Dahlia Ravikovitch, and Richard Doll. After him are Lane Smith, Parveen Babi, Josef Holeček, Bruno Manser, Nirmal Verma, and James Stockdale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gaylord Nelson ranks 8,823 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Richey (1942), Bill Nye (1955), Jesse Helms (1921), Mary Alden (1883), William Healey Dall (1845), and Clifford Robinson (1966). After him are Shane Dawson (1988), H. R. Haldeman (1926), Caroline Aaron (1952), Jack Gilford (1908), Ben Stein (1944), and Bobbi Starr (1983).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gaylord Nelson ranks 676. Before him are Lee Friedlander (1934), Bella Abzug (1920), Kari Lake (1969), Porter Goss (1938), Earl Browder (1891), and Jesse Helms (1921). After him are H. R. Haldeman (1926), Donald Regan (1918), Jeremiah S. Black (1810), Lewis Cass (1782), George Deukmejian (1928), and Morrison Waite (1816).

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