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Pete Wilson

1933 - Today

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Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, Wilson previously served as a United States senator from California from 1983 to 1991, and as mayor of San Diego from 1971 to 1983. Born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Wilson graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Law after serving in the United States Marine Corps. He established a legal practice in San Diego and campaigned for Republicans such as Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Wilson is the 16,220th most popular politician (up from 16,394th in 2019), the 9,466th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,742nd in 2019) and the 718th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pete Wilson ranks 16,220 out of 19,576. Before him are Dru Drury, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Little Crow, Akylbek Japarov, Müfide İlhan, and Sam Matekane. After him are George Moscone, Gaetano Martino, Stephan Weil, Surendranath Banerjee, Takashi Yokoyama, and Roland Burris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Pete Wilson ranks 443. Before him are George J. Mitchell, Masae Kasai, Vincenzo Consolo, Horst Faas, Jean Boiteux, and Michael Parenti. After him are Penelope Lively, Tony Jay, William Blum, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Annie Easley, and Dušanka Sifnios.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pete Wilson ranks 9,468 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Tork (1942), Will Yun Lee (1971), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Vitamin C (1972), Harvey Korman (1927), and Tom M. Apostol (1923). After him are George Moscone (1929), Alexis Arquette (1969), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Roland Burris (1937), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Robert Stangland (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Pete Wilson ranks 718. Before him are Marvin Hart (1876), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Angus King (1944), Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), William Z. Foster (1881), and Little Crow (1810). After him are George Moscone (1929), Roland Burris (1937), Tipper Gore (1948), Philander C. Knox (1853), Simon Guggenheim (1867), and Harlow Curtice (1893).

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