POLITICIAN

John Ashcroft

1942 - Today

Photo of John Ashcroft

Icon of person John Ashcroft

John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the 79th United States attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. A Republican from Missouri, Ashcroft represented the state in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2001, and held statewide office as the 29th auditor (1973–1975), 38th attorney general (1976–1985), and 50th governor of Missouri (1985–1993). He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. Ashcroft graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1960 before receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Yale College and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ashcroft is the 15,989th most popular politician (down from 15,922nd in 2019), the 9,035th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,823rd in 2019) and the 690th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of John Ashcroft by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Ashcroft ranks 15,989 out of 19,576Before him are Manolache Costache Epureanu, Jón Þorláksson, Syed Nazrul Islam, Luis Cordero Crespo, Pyotr Demichev, and Sakai Toshihiko. After him are Leopold Skulski, Sharad Pawar, Máximo Santos, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Varlam Avanesov, and John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Ashcroft ranks 564Before him are Jaime Graça, Aníbal Ruiz, Martin Cruz Smith, Michael Crawford, Marianna Hill, and Bob Love. After him are Kees Verkerk, Pavel Sadyrin, Jan Wienese, Claudine Longet, Patricia Bath, and Kenneth Lay.

Others Born in 1942

Go to all Rankings

In United States

Among people born in United States, John Ashcroft ranks 9,037 out of 20,380Before him are Tim Holt (1919), James Marshall (1967), Robert Alda (1914), Kelly Rowland (1981), Richard Tyson (1956), and Robert Ripley (1890). After him are Dana DeArmond (1979), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Jerrie Cobb (1931), Daniel Chester French (1850), Damien Sandow (1982), and Lil Peep (1996).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Ashcroft ranks 690Before him are Bob Ehrlich (1957), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Joe Torre (1940), Alphonso Taft (1810), Patty Murray (1950), and Melville Fuller (1833). After him are Frank Knox (1874), Ro Khanna (1976), George Washington Goethals (1858), Susan Collins (1952), Ronna McDaniel (1973), and Dan Coats (1943).