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Harvey Milk

1930 - 1978

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Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in New York. He acknowledged his homosexuality in adolescence, but secretly pursued sexual relationships well into adulthood. The counterculture of the 1960s caused him to shed many of his conservative views about individual freedom and sexual expression. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harvey Milk is the 6,225th most popular politician (down from 5,045th in 2019), the 2,254th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,630th in 2019) and the 186th most popular American Politician.

Harvey Milk was a gay rights activist and politician who was assassinated in 1978. He is most famous for being the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.

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Among politicians, Harvey Milk ranks 6,225 out of 19,576. Before him are Rhodri the Great, Ramon Muntaner, Al-Mustakfi, Aziz Akhannouch, Infanta Benedita of Portugal, and Lucius Mummius Achaicus. After him are En-anna-tum I, Goh Chok Tong, Juan María Bordaberry, Hisham III of Córdoba, Barthélemy Boganda, and John Henry, Margrave of Moravia.

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Among people born in 1930, Harvey Milk ranks 123. Before him are Greg Bell, Dündar Ali Osman, Robert Atkins, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Rahmon Nabiyev, and John Frankenheimer. After him are Walter Bonatti, Vilma Espín, Barbara, Ilon Wikland, Don L. Lind, and Sonny Rollins. Among people deceased in 1978, Harvey Milk ranks 62. Before him are Prince Nicholas of Romania, Carlo Scarpa, Hubert Humphrey, Tetsu Katayama, Georgi Markov, and Philibert Tsiranana. After him are Fernando Peyroteo, Max Decugis, Henry Corbin, Arnold Hauser, Guo Moruo, and Nico Diederichs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harvey Milk ranks 2,254 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Stiller (1927), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), and Roger Myerson (1951). After him are James Earl Ray (1928), Ralph Macchio (1961), Eartha Kitt (1927), Eric Adams (1952), Bob Odenkirk (1962), and William Levada (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Harvey Milk ranks 186. Before him are Hubert Humphrey (1911), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), William Wyatt Bibb (1781), William Walker (1824), Kit Bond (1939), and Jack Kemp (1935). After him are Richard Russell Jr. (1897), Chief Seattle (1786), Samuel Huntington (1731), John Ratcliffe (1965), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), and Meir Kahane (1932).

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