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John Edwards

1953 - Today

John Edwards

Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's vice presidential nominee under Senator John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008. Edwards defeated the incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. John Edwards is the 16,610th most popular politician (up from 16,711th in 2024), the 10,062nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,443rd in 2019) and the 758th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Edwards ranks 16,610 out of 19,576. Before him are Kinga Göncz, Leonid Potapov, Iñaki Azkuna, Farid Simaika, Antonina Ryzhova, and Dhana Nanda. After him are Rebecca Latimer Felton, Dmitry Kozak, Lars Klingbeil, Björn Þórðarson, Delcy Rodríguez, and Rand Paul.

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Kinga Göncz
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 16,611
Leonid Potapov
1935 - 2020
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 16,612
Iñaki Azkuna
1943 - 2014
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 16,613
Farid Simaika
1907 - 1943
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 16,614
Antonina Ryzhova
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 16,615
Dhana Nanda
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 16,616
John Edwards
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 16,617
Rebecca Latimer Felton
1835 - 1930
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 16,618
Dmitry Kozak
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 16,619
Lars Klingbeil
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 16,620
Björn Þórðarson
1879 - 1963
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 16,621
Delcy Rodríguez
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 16,622
Rand Paul
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 16,623

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, John Edwards ranks 460. Before him are Sharon Robinson, Giannina Braschi, Vlastimil Petržela, Katsuya Okada, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano. After him are Paco Herrera, Vijay Amritraj, Lamberto Leoni, James Smith, Ellen S. Baker, and Mehmed Uzun.

Others Born in 1953

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Sharon Robinson
SINGER
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 454
Giannina Braschi
WRITER
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 455
Vlastimil Petržela
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 456
Katsuya Okada
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 457
Dimitris Avramopoulos
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 458
Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 459
John Edwards
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 460
Paco Herrera
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 461
Vijay Amritraj
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 462
Lamberto Leoni
RACING DRIVER
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 463
James Smith
BOXER
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 464
Ellen S. Baker
PHYSICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 465
Mehmed Uzun
WRITER
1953 - 2007
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 466