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Olympia Snowe

1947 - Today

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Olympia Jean Snowe (née Bouchles; born February 21, 1947) is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator, representing Maine for three terms from 1995 to 2013. A lifelong member of the Republican Party, Snowe played an influential role in influencing the outcome of close votes in the U.S. Senate and in ending U.S. Senate filibusters. In 2006, Time magazine named her one of "America's Best Senators". Throughout her U.S. Senate career, she was considered one of the chamber's most moderate members. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Olympia Snowe is the 17,880th most popular politician (down from 17,645th in 2024), the 13,292nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,983rd in 2019) and the 1,011th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Olympia Snowe ranks 17,880 out of 19,576. Before her are António Vitorino, Anna Tibaijuka, Raúl Héctor Castro, Algirdas Šemeta, Ion Sturza, and Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré. After her are Sudarat Keyuraphan, Budhagupta, Audrey Patterson, Mark Warner, Soraya Post, and Jüri Jaanson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Olympia Snowe ranks 837. Before her are Dana Rohrabacher, Yevgeni Zimin, Stephen Hadley, Alexander Gusev, Steve Khan, and J. Richard Gott. After her are Peter Noone, Andrew Parrott, Marit Nybakk, Chris Stringer, Jana Bellin, and Deidre Hall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Olympia Snowe ranks 13,296 out of 20,380. Before her are George Nelson (1950), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Tex Beneke (1914), Ryan Garcia (1998), Michelle Thomas (1968), and Merritt Giffin (1887). After her are Alison Krauss (1971), Horatio Greenough (1805), Joycelyn Elders (1933), Byron K. Lichtenberg (1948), Jayma Mays (1979), and Shane Mosley (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Olympia Snowe ranks 1,011. Before her are William Few (1748), John M. Berrien (1781), Dana Rohrabacher (1947), John Sherman Cooper (1901), Stephen Hadley (1947), and John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886). After her are Audrey Patterson (1926), Mark Warner (1954), Jake Sullivan (1976), Barbara Lee (1946), Joseph Story (1779), and Jeff Merkley (1956).

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