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Ralph Northam

1959 - Today

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Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American physician and former politician who served as the 73rd governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1984 to 1992. Northam, a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018 before winning the governorship against the Republican nominee Ed Gillespie in the 2017 election. Prohibited by the Virginia Constitution from running for a consecutive term, Northam left office in January 2022 and was succeeded by the Republican Glenn Youngkin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Ralph Northam is the 18,735th most popular politician (down from 18,329th in 2024), the 15,770th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,935th in 2019) and the 1,265th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ralph Northam ranks 18,735 out of 19,576. Before him are Elena Kountoura, Pia Olsen Dyhr, Luigi de Magistris, Anna Gomis, Sébastien Lecornu, and Somjit Jongjohor. After him are Bill Brock, Catarina Martins, Pete Stark, Krzysztof Bosak, Thomas Menino, and Leonid Volkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ralph Northam ranks 742. Before him are Lesley Thompson, Todd Graff, Charles Kennedy, Wendy B. Lawrence, Hugo Rodríguez, and Steven Strogatz. After him are Marie Osmond, Ben Elton, Rogelio Delgado, Chandra Cheeseborough, Eduardo Acevedo, and Mehbooba Mufti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Northam ranks 15,777 out of 20,380. Before him are Derek Fisher (1974), Dede Gardner (1967), Amanda Anisimova (2001), John Tempesta (1964), Sterling Campbell (1964), and William Gargan (1905). After him are Blanchard Ryan (1967), David Grann (1967), Bill Brock (1930), Matt Shakman (1975), Kevin Love (1988), and Samuel Page (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ralph Northam ranks 1,265. Before him are Harriet Miers (1945), Mike Rounds (1954), Claire McCaskill (1953), Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (1969), Tammy Baldwin (1962), and Maria Cantwell (1958). After him are Bill Brock (1930), Pete Stark (1931), Thomas Menino (1942), Bob Corker (1952), Roy Moore (1947), and Anthony Weiner (1964).

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