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Jim Bunning

1931 - 2017

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James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999 and a member of the United States Senate from 1999 to 2011. He is the only Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame to date. Bunning pitched from 1955 to 1971 for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers. When Bunning retired, he had the second-highest total career strikeouts in Major League history; he currently ranks 22nd. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Jim Bunning is the 17,503rd most popular politician (up from 17,630th in 2024), the 12,198th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,902nd in 2019) and the 926th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Jim Bunning ranks 17,503 out of 19,576. Before him are Kari Traa, You Si-kun, Olivier Faure, Carl Levin, Violeta Bulc, and Ivy Dumont. After him are Henna Virkkunen, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Krystyna Bochenek, Zhan Videnov, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jim Bunning ranks 584. Before him are Rip Taylor, Nirupa Roy, Bob Kenney, Alfred Kuchevsky, John Kerr, and Josephine Tewson. After him are Johnny Sheffield, James Grogan, Andrija Fuderer, Frank Ramsey, Arne Nordheim, and Nasir Hussain. Among people deceased in 2017, Jim Bunning ranks 582. Before him are Howard Hodgkin, John B. Anderson, Boris Nikolov, Norman Johnson, Robert Elsie, and Zdeněk Šreiner. After him are J. P. Donleavy, Brent Briscoe, Miguel Ángel Loayza, Len Wein, Bill Hougland, and Cristina Adela Foișor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Bunning ranks 12,201 out of 20,380. Before him are Kerry Von Erich (1960), Jason Earles (1977), Marie Wilson (1916), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), Carl Levin (1934), and Alan Dundes (1934). After him are Greil Marcus (1945), Tracy Letts (1965), T.I. (1980), Ollan Cassell (1937), Maggie Siff (1974), and Jack Harlow (1998).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jim Bunning ranks 926. Before him are Asa Hutchinson (1950), Jay Inslee (1951), Maxine Waters (1938), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (1969), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989), and Carl Levin (1934). After him are Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), Frank Lautenberg (1924), Nathaniel P. Banks (1816), Charles Magill Conrad (1804), William Ellery (1727), and Steny Hoyer (1939).

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