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Jerry Brown

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Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and attorney general of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Brown is the 951st most popular politician (up from 1,012th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from United States (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Politician.

Jerry Brown is most famous for being the governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and then again from 2011 to 2019. Brown has been a lifelong Democrat and has served as a mayor, state attorney general, and governor.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jerry Brown ranks 951 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahab, Albert I of Belgium, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Kliment Voroshilov, and Elena Ceaușescu. After him are Alexis of Russia, Albert II of Germany, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Ardashir I, Wojciech Jaruzelski, and Calvin Coolidge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jerry Brown ranks 15. Before him are Jon Voight, Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Giddens, Leonid Kuchma, Islam Karimov, and Nico. After him are Farah Pahlavi, Christopher Lloyd, Alberto Fujimori, Albert Fert, Klaus Schwab, and Joe Dassin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Brown ranks 302 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Pete Conrad (1930), Axl Rose (1962), Estée Lauder (1906), George Shultz (1920), and Percy Williams Bridgman (1882). After him are Calvin Coolidge (1872), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), Steve Ballmer (1956), and Samuel P. Huntington (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jerry Brown ranks 47. Before him are James Madison (1751), Sitting Bull (1831), Geronimo (1829), John Quincy Adams (1767), James Buchanan (1791), and Jerome Powell (1953). After him are Calvin Coolidge (1872), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Steve Bannon (1953), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Edith Roosevelt (1861), and Andrew Johnson (1808).

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