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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a son of senator and former U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy began his career as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the 655th most popular politician (up from 9,793rd in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,402nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Politician.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is most famous for his activism and work as an environmental lawyer, focusing on issues related to water and air pollution, climate change, and advocating for sustainable energy solutions.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ranks 655 out of 19,576Before him are Faisal I of Iraq, Olaf Scholz, Abdülaziz, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, James Monroe, and Hatice Sultan. After him are Michael VIII Palaiologos, Theodosius II, Anastasios II, Emperor Wu of Han, Heydar Aliyev, and Valerius Severus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ranks 9Before him are Jackie Chan, François Hollande, Alexander Lukashenko, Shinzō Abe, Denzel Washington, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. After him are Hugo Chávez, Viktor Yushchenko, John Travolta, Sócrates, Emir Kusturica, and James Cameron.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ranks 211 out of 20,380Before him are Denzel Washington (1954), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), James Monroe (1758), Robert Redford (1936), Pearl S. Buck (1892), and Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915). After him are Mariah Carey (1969), Jon Voight (1938), David Hasselhoff (1952), Kevin Costner (1955), Amelia Earhart (1897), and W. E. B. Du Bois (1868).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ranks 39Before him are Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William R. King (1786), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), John Nance Garner (1868), Herbert Hoover (1874), and James Monroe (1758). After him are Grover Cleveland (1837), James Madison (1751), Sitting Bull (1831), Geronimo (1829), John Quincy Adams (1767), and James Buchanan (1791).