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Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)

  • Fame90.5
  • Momentum0.6
  • Global rank#60
Source-basedStable
  • Fame90.5
  • Momentum0.6
  • Global rank#60
  • United States rank#17
  • Politicians rank#15
  • Wikipedia423.9K
Lived 1911–2004, aged 93United States
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  • Wikipedia
    249 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Global rank
    #60
    Fame.am leaderboard
  • Era
    1911–2004
    Aged 93
  • Known for
    American Psycho
    2000
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

He turned from leading man to Cold War hardliner, presided over tax cuts and a tripled national debt, survived a bullet, and reshaped the Republican Party into the vehicle for American conservatism that still runs on his mythology.

Biography

About

Born in Tampico, Illinois, in 1911, Reagan worked as a sports broadcaster in Iowa before moving to California in 1937 to become a film actor. He led the Screen Actors Guild twice and spent the 1950s hosting General Electric Theater, but his 1964 "A Time for Choosing" speech marked the pivot: elected governor of California in 1966, he balanced budgets and cracked down on campus protests. After losing the 1976 Republican primaries to Gerald Ford, he won a landslide over Jimmy Carter in 1980 and began implementing "Reaganomics"—deregulation, tax cuts, military spending—while escalating the arms r…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan
said
I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
— As quoted in Los Angeles Times (17 June 1966)
Ronald Reagan
said
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at the point of a bayonet, if necessary.
— As quoted in The Los Angeles Times (20 October 1965)
Ronald Reagan
said
Some seem to forget that I’ve worked with those on movies and television. I warn you. Television may be exciting, but always take what you watch or read with a grain of salt.
— Where's the Rest of Me? First Edition (1965)
Ronald Reagan
said
So much of our profession is taken up with pretending ... that an actor must spend at least half his waking hours in fantasy.
— Where's the Rest of Me? (1965)
Ronald Reagan
said
Every morning Nancy and I turn to see what he has to say about people of our respective birth signs.
— Regarding his friend Hollywood astrologer Carroll Righter, in Where's the Rest of Me? (1965)
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By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
90.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.6
Historical39.3
Now attention10.7
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
Global rank
#60
Country rank
#17
Category rank
#15
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence