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Raúl Grijalva

1948 - 2025

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Raúl Manuel Grijalva ( rah-OOL grih-HAL-və; February 19, 1948 – March 13, 2025) was an American politician and activist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 2003 until his death in 2025. As member of the Democratic Party, Grijalva represented Arizona's 7th congressional district from 2003 to 2013, Arizona's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2023, and the 7th district again from 2023 to 2025. The two districts included the western third of Tucson, part of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metropolitan Phoenix. In October 2024, Grijalva announced that he would not run for re-election in 2026, amid treatments for lung cancer, but died before he could complete his final term. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Raúl Grijalva is the 17,633rd most popular politician (up from 18,862nd in 2024), the 12,626th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,797th in 2019) and the 955th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raúl Grijalva ranks 17,633 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert P. Patterson, Pavel Grudinin, Mihály Hesz, Sophia Duleep Singh, Claude Onesta, and Maciej Płażyński. After him are Fitzhugh Lee, Kajsa Ollongren, Vince Cable, Jorge Bom Jesus, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, and Zsolt Semjén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Raúl Grijalva ranks 719. Before him are Ted Lange, Artimus Pyle, István Szívós, Tamás Wichmann, Roy Evans, and Sun-Yung Alice Chang. After him are Eladio Reyes, Leif Jenssen, Mariann Aalda, Madeline Manning, Aleksandr Kabanov, and Kiki Caron. Among people deceased in 2025, Raúl Grijalva ranks 425. Before him are Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya, Ian Watkins, Yoshiharu Horii, Alevtina Olyunina, Jim Bolger, and Jerry Adler. After him are Virginia Giuffre, Otacílio Gonçalves, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Nicky Katt, and Pat Crowley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raúl Grijalva ranks 12,630 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Wightman (1922), Marc Blucas (1972), Neil Gorsuch (1967), Crystal Reed (1985), John 5 (1971), and Ashley Biden (1981). After him are Judith Curry (1953), Fitzhugh Lee (1835), Ari Aster (1986), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), Jason Winston George (1972), and Jerry Heidenreich (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Raúl Grijalva ranks 955. Before him are Nellie Connally (1919), Tom Ridge (1945), Janet Napolitano (1957), Gary Herbert (1947), Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), and Robert P. Patterson (1891). After him are Fitzhugh Lee (1835), Tom Daschle (1947), Israel Pickens (1780), John B. Floyd (1806), Robert J. Bentley (1943), and Gene Okerlund (1942).

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