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Leo Ryan

1925 - 1978

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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented California's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 until his assassination in the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Before that, he served in the California State Assembly, representing the state's 27th district. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Ryan is the 13,486th most popular politician (down from 10,504th in 2019), the 6,060th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,723rd in 2019) and the 490th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leo Ryan ranks 13,486 out of 19,576. Before him are David IX of Georgia, Saara Kuugongelwa, Sergei Sidorsky, King Xi of Zhou, Richard of Salerno, and Mustafa Khalil. After him are Smendes II, Elias I, Count of Maine, Smbat II of Armenia, Spyridon Chazapis, Edmund Wickham Lawrence, and Aleksander Skrzyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Leo Ryan ranks 290. Before him are Jacques Sernas, Justus Dahinden, Ilona Novák, Abdelsalam Majali, Hasse Jeppson, and Bernardo Ruiz. After him are Alfred Kelbassa, Georg Buschner, Henri Oreiller, Leon Schlumpf, Joan Mitchell, and Isidore Isou. Among people deceased in 1978, Leo Ryan ranks 156. Before him are Roy Harrod, Bob Crane, Leigh Brackett, Eric Frank Russell, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, and Jānis Daliņš. After him are Artem Alikhanian, Kathleen Kenyon, Luo Ruiqing, Claude Dauphin, Alexander Wetmore, and Alfred Müller-Armack.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leo Ryan ranks 6,060 out of 20,380. Before him are Cassady McClincy (2000), Stuart Gordon (1947), Bo Hopkins (1942), Tech N9ne (1971), Leo Frank (1884), and Larry Carlton (1948). After him are Bridget Moynahan (1971), John Henry Schwarz (1941), Ronald McNair (1950), Barbara Rush (1927), Wil Wheaton (1972), and Michael Dorn (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Leo Ryan ranks 490. Before him are Robert Zoellick (1953), Henry Knox (1750), Robert Byrd (1917), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Dean Phillips (1969), and Jim Gibbons (1944). After him are Olene Walker (1930), William J. Donovan (1883), Enoch L. Johnson (1883), Clyde Tolson (1900), Michael Kahn (1935), and Otis Bowen (1918).

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