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Ted Cruz

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Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee. After graduating from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in politics, eventually serving as a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ted Cruz is the 14,439th most popular politician (up from 14,951st in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 393rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ted Cruz ranks 14,439 out of 19,576. Before him are Laodice, Abdelhamid Brahimi, José Rondeau, Liao Zhongkai, Keiko Fujimori, and Lady Arbella Stuart. After him are Ignacio Milam Tang, Beornwulf of Mercia, Liam Cosgrave, Mirza Ibrahimov, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, and Otmar Hasler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Ted Cruz ranks 155. Before him are Jason Gray-Stanford, Suheil al-Hassan, Bellamy Young, Fazıl Say, Mädchen Amick, and Alain Boghossian. After him are Justin Chambers, Oded Fehr, Muhammad Gaddafi, Saif Ali Khan, Peter Aerts, and Karim Ahmad Khan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ted Cruz ranks 373 out of 1,622. Before him are Nia Vardalos (1962), Georges Vézina (1887), Emma Raducanu (2002), Anne Carson (1950), Guy Lafleur (1951), and Carole Laure (1948). After him are Laurence J. Peter (1919), George Vernot (1901), Peter Kirby (1931), Harry Watson (1898), Geddy Lee (1953), and Shawn Levy (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Ted Cruz ranks 39. Before him are Patricia Jones (1930), Marc Garneau (1949), Robert Borden (1854), Julie Payette (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), and Arthur Meighen (1874). After him are Brock Chisholm (1896), R. B. Bennett (1870), Myrtle Cook (1902), Jacques Parizeau (1930), Hilda Cameron (1912), and Jagmeet Singh (1979).

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