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Michael Dukakis

1933 - Today

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Michael Stanley Dukakis ( duu-KAH-kiss; born November 3, 1933) is an American politician and lawyer who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, losing to the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Greek immigrants, Dukakis attended Swarthmore College before enlisting in the United States Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Dukakis is the 11,367th most popular politician (down from 8,584th in 2019), the 4,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,875th in 2019) and the 387th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michael Dukakis ranks 11,367 out of 19,576. Before him are Roberto Micheletti, Leonora Dori, Çandarlızade Ali Pasha, Tulayha, Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria, and René de Froulay de Tessé. After him are Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg, Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Luis Lacalle Pou, and Nergal-ushezib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Michael Dukakis ranks 224. Before him are Kelvin Felix, Sergio Endrigo, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Kerstin Ekman, and Juan Marsé. After him are Mary Ure, Julieta Serrano, Egil Danielsen, Syd Mead, Carlos Correia, and Maximilian, Margrave of Baden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Dukakis ranks 4,575 out of 20,380. Before him are Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905), Robert Bilott (1965), Adrian Belew (1949), Milton Glaser (1929), Marlee Matlin (1965), and Pernell Roberts (1928). After him are La Monte Young (1935), John Henninger Reagan (1818), Thomas Sowell (1930), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), and Joe Viterelli (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Michael Dukakis ranks 387. Before him are Nick Bollettieri (1931), William P. Rogers (1913), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Lori Lightfoot (1962), and Elihu Yale (1649). After him are John Henninger Reagan (1818), James Forrestal (1892), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Kenneth Arnold (1915), and Jen Psaki (1978).

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