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Jesse Helms

1921 - 2008

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Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician, journalist, and Navy veteran. A leader in the conservative and nationalist movement, he represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001, he had a major voice in foreign policy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Jesse Helms is the 15,878th most popular politician (down from 15,585th in 2024), the 8,817th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,307th in 2019) and the 675th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jesse Helms ranks 15,878 out of 19,576. Before him are Francisco Flores Pérez, Porter Goss, Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Agustín Morales, Benigno Ferreira, and Earl Browder. After him are François Legault, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Postumus Cominius Auruncus, Gaylord Nelson, H. R. Haldeman, and Æthelred.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jesse Helms ranks 377. Before him are Harold Agnew, Lennart Strand, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Hal David, and Regina Bianchi. After him are Chico Hamilton, Paul Falk, Daniel Oduber Quirós, Josef Holeček, Patricia Wrightson, and Rufina Gasheva. Among people deceased in 2008, Jesse Helms ranks 293. Before him are Rafael Azcona, Françoise Demulder, Avery Dulles, Omar Caetano, Albin Planinc, and Antonio José González Zumárraga. After him are Mira Alečković, Rudolf Illovszky, Philip Agee, Neal Hefti, Finn Haunstoft, and Witold Woyda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse Helms ranks 8,819 out of 20,380. Before him are Laura San Giacomo (1962), Amar Bose (1929), Brian Gottfried (1952), Elizabeth Ashley (1939), Nancy Richey (1942), and Bill Nye (1955). After him are Mary Alden (1883), William Healey Dall (1845), Clifford Robinson (1966), Gaylord Nelson (1916), Shane Dawson (1988), and H. R. Haldeman (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jesse Helms ranks 675. Before him are Jim McGovern (1959), Lee Friedlander (1934), Bella Abzug (1920), Kari Lake (1969), Porter Goss (1938), and Earl Browder (1891). After him are Gaylord Nelson (1916), H. R. Haldeman (1926), Donald Regan (1918), Jeremiah S. Black (1810), Lewis Cass (1782), and George Deukmejian (1928).

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