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Gray Davis

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Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the 37th governor of California from 1999 until he was recalled and removed from office in 2003. He is the second state governor in U.S. history to have been recalled, after Lynn Frazier of North Dakota. A member of the Democratic Party, Davis holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Gray Davis is the 15,353rd most popular politician (down from 13,953rd in 2024), the 8,073rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,198th in 2019) and the 614th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gray Davis ranks 15,352 out of 19,576. Before him are Carme Forcadell, José Azcona del Hoyo, Qin Jiwei, Adad-shuma-iddina, and Wei Fenghe. After him are Michael C. Burgess, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Zoran Zaev, José María Orellana, Leyla Yunus, Eugène Camara, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gray Davis ranks 505. Before him are Diana Yorgova, Ferenc Kiss, Lawrence Weiner, Jan Olsson, Alexander Kalyagin, and Gillian Rubinstein. After him are Eugène Camara, Ion Drîmbă, Rutanya Alda, Frew McMillan, Michel Tremblay, and Abdulsalami Abubakar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gray Davis ranks 8,075 out of 20,380. Before him are David Hungate (1948), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Donald H. Peterson (1933), Norman Foster (1903), Garret Dillahunt (1964), and Amber Valletta (1974). After him are Daniel Frank (1882), Michael C. Burgess (1950), Roger Mahony (1936), Janet Rowley (1925), Phil Mahre (1957), and Ontronik Khachaturian (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gray Davis ranks 614. Before him are Janet Reno (1938), Orrin Hatch (1934), Mike Rogers (1958), Joe Crowley (1962), Robert J. Walker (1801), and Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815). After him are Michael C. Burgess (1950), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), George Bancroft (1800), Richard Olney (1835), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), and Rod Blagojevich (1956).

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