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Nate Silver

1978 - Today

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Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician, political analyst, author, sports gambler, and poker player who analyzes baseball, basketball and elections. He is the founder of FiveThirtyEight and held the position of editor-in-chief there, along with being a special correspondent for ABC News until May 2023. Since departing FiveThirtyEight, Silver has been publishing in his online newsletter Silver Bulletin and serves as an advisor to Polymarket. Silver was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time in 2009 after his election forecasting model correctly predicted the outcomes in 49 of 50 states in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nate Silver is the 193rd most popular journalist (down from 189th in 2019), the 18,890th most popular biography from United States (up from 19,138th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Nate Silver ranks 193 out of 196. Before him are Darya Chultsova, Hasan Piker, Lauren Booth, Asma al-Ghul, Jacob Appelbaum, and Katie Piper. After him are Arnab Goswami, Rémi Ochlik, Marats Kasems, Wafa Mustafa, Steven Crowder, and Bisan Owda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Nate Silver ranks 1,173. Before him are Kevin Kim, J. D. Williams, Julie Fowlis, Takafumi Yoshimoto, Takuji Miyoshi, and Saadet Özkan. After him are Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Kosuke Kitani, Mike Knox, Yusuke Kawakita, Lilia Osterloh, and Aftab Shivdasani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nate Silver ranks 18,898 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Pavelski (1984), Brad Bufanda (1983), Vicky Bullett (1967), Shannon Purser (1997), Garrett Muagututia (1988), and Tony Sanneh (1971). After him are Gretchen Wilson (1973), Brandon Jennings (1989), Sonny Weems (1986), Swae Lee (1993), Darius Garland (2000), and Jared Dudley (1985).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Nate Silver ranks 55. Before him are Evan Gershkovich (1991), A. O. Scott (1966), Nancy Grace (1959), Lester Holt (1959), Hasan Piker (1991), and Jacob Appelbaum (1983). After him are Steven Crowder (1987), and Ryan Owens (null).

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