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Lyndon B. Johnson

1908 - 1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. A Southern Democrat, Johnson previously represented Texas in Congress for over 23 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1937 to 1949, and then as a U.S. senator from 1949 to 1961. Born in Stonewall, Texas, Johnson worked as a teacher and a congressional aide before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lyndon B. Johnson is the 437th most popular politician (down from 335th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from United States (down from 101st in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Politician.

Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He is best known for his passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Among politicians, Lyndon B. Johnson ranks 437 out of 19,576. Before him are Georges Pompidou, Temür Khan, Charles XII of Sweden, Godfrey of Bouillon, Charles II of Spain, and Didius Julianus. After him are Amalric of Jerusalem, Edward III of England, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Henry V of England, Ahmed III, and Edward II of England.

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Among people born in 1908, Lyndon B. Johnson ranks 8. Before him are James Stewart, Enver Hoxha, Oskar Schindler, Salvador Allende, Abraham Maslow, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. After him are Herbert von Karajan, Lev Landau, Otto Skorzeny, Amon Göth, Edward Teller, and Willard Van Orman Quine. Among people deceased in 1973, Lyndon B. Johnson ranks 9. Before him are Bruce Lee, Pablo Neruda, David Ben-Gurion, Salvador Allende, Erich von Manstein, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. After him are Pearl S. Buck, Fulgencio Batista, W. H. Auden, Walter Ulbricht, İsmet İnönü, and J. Hans D. Jensen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lyndon B. Johnson ranks 130 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Newman (1925), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Gerald Ford (1913), Charles Bronson (1921), D. W. Griffith (1875), and Isadora Duncan (1877). After him are Henry David Thoreau (1817), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Michael Douglas (1944), Noam Chomsky (1928), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), and Liliʻuokalani (1838).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lyndon B. Johnson ranks 31. Before him are Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Barbara Bush (1925), Barack Obama (1961), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Woodrow Wilson (1856), and Gerald Ford (1913). After him are John Adams (1735), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William R. King (1786), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), John Nance Garner (1868), and Herbert Hoover (1874).

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