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George Voinovich

1936 - 2016

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George Victor Voinovich (July 15, 1936 – June 12, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 1999 to 2011. He previously served as the 65th governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998 and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989; he is the last Republican to serve in that office. Voinovich spent more than 46 years in public service—first as assistant attorney general of Ohio in 1963 and finally as the senior U.S. senator representing Ohio. He is the 15th person to have served as both the governor of Ohio and a U.S. senator and one of only two Cleveland mayors to later become governor of Ohio and a U.S. senator; the other was Frank Lausche. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). George Voinovich is the 15,744th most popular politician (up from 17,376th in 2024), the 8,611th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,130th in 2019) and the 658th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, George Voinovich ranks 15,745 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdus Sattar, Josep Irla, DeWitt Clinton, Åge Lundström, Chris Sununu, Paavo Väyrynen, and Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev. After him are Supachai Panitchpakdi, Miloš Vučević, Isamu Sonoda, Giovanni Palatucci, and Lyudmila Narusova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, George Voinovich ranks 434. Before him are James Lee Burke, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Paulo Emilio, Viktor Kanevskyi, Wolfgang Behrendt, and Cynthia McLeod. After him are Richard Rodney Bennett, Sergo Kotrikadze, Rosa Russo Iervolino, Eleonore Schwarz, Leo Wilden, and Gerry Ashmore. Among people deceased in 2016, George Voinovich ranks 418. Before him are Siegbert Horn, Wim van der Voort, Gideon Toury, Paulo Emilio, Engelbert Kraus, and Fazu Aliyeva. After him are Tom Hayden, Guillaume Bieganski, Suat Mamat, Anton Yelchin, Fidel Uriarte, and Hugh O'Brian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Voinovich ranks 8,614 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Sununu (1974), Melissa Joan Hart (1976), Maxine Singer (1931), Robert Bly (1926), Buddy Van Horn (1928), Bill Frisell (1951), and Harold Agnew (1921). After him are William Yorzyk (1933), Havoc (1974), Hubert Sumlin (1931), Tom Kenny (1962), and Martin Dempsey (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Voinovich ranks 658. Before him are Alfred Francis Russell (1817), Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816), Gary Johnson (1953), Lucien Carr (1925), DeWitt Clinton (1769), and Chris Sununu (1974). After him are Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Doug Burgum (1956), Tom Hayden (1939), Nikki Haley (1972), William Livingston (1723), and Dick Durbin (1944).

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