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S. I. Hayakawa

1906 - 1992

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Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University and then as U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Hayakawa was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Japanese immigrants. Hayakawa advocated for Japanese Canadian voting rights in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. S. I. Hayakawa is the 17,653rd most popular politician (down from 17,407th in 2019), the 757th most popular biography from Canada (down from 707th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, S. I. Hayakawa ranks 17,653 out of 19,576. Before him are David McAllister, Murli Manohar Joshi, Aécio Neves, Piedad Córdoba, Muath Al-Kasasbeh, and Keith Holyoake. After him are Rustem Khamitov, Harlem Désir, Selwyn Lloyd, Kathleen Sebelius, Seiko Noda, and Roy Welensky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, S. I. Hayakawa ranks 427. Before him are Olive Borden, Juan Argote, Stuart Milner-Barry, Mauri Rose, William Bendix, and Oscar Levant. After him are Hiram Fong, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Abraham Beame, Catherine Cookson, Elisabeth Lutyens, and Einar Haugen. Among people deceased in 1992, S. I. Hayakawa ranks 280. Before him are Ian Wolfe, Alexander Almetov, István Szívós, María Elena Moyano, Eddie Kendricks, and Bill Wheatley. After him are Albert Agarunov, Gabriel Tiacoh, Alif Hajiyev, Sam Kinison, Mallikarjun Mansur, and Jack Kelsey.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, S. I. Hayakawa ranks 757 out of 1,622. Before him are Erik Everhard (1976), Bill Reid (1920), Richard Louis Duckett (1884), Joe Sakic (1969), Gerald Emmett Carter (1912), and William Edmond Logan (1798). After him are Wendy Freedman (1957), Jay Baruchel (1982), Christophe Beck (1972), Sarah Gadon (1987), Hazel McCallion (1921), and Jason Reitman (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, S. I. Hayakawa ranks 70. Before him are Stéphane Dion (1955), Ted Lindsay (1925), Jennifer Granholm (1959), Jean Charest (1958), Gilles Duceppe (1947), and Beattie Ramsay (1895). After him are Hazel McCallion (1921), Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901), Nellie McClung (1873), Rob Ford (1969), Edward Schreyer (1935), and Jayna Hefford (1977).

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