My Take
I'll be honest, Bill Clinton is one of those guys I find weirdly fascinating no matter where I land politically. The kid from a town literally named Hope, Arkansas, who talked his way to Georgetown, Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, Yale Law, and eventually the White House from 1993 to 2001? That's a screenwriter's arc. What gets me is the charm, that famous "I feel your pain" warmth and the way he'd lock eyes and make a whole room feel like the only person there. He played sax on late-night TV and somehow made policy wonkery feel folksy. The man had baggage and the impeachment chapter is real, but as a pure political animal he was electric. Love him or not, you can't look away.
Overview
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bill Clinton
- Name (Japanese)
- ビル・クリントン
- Reading
- びる・くりんとん
- Born
- August 19, 1946 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Hope, Arkansas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 189 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / lawyer / diplomat / autobiographer / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hot Springs High School
- University
- University College, Oxford
Awards & achievements
- 2000 Charlemagne Prize
- Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion
- 2005 Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal
- Philadelphia Liberty Medal
- 2005 Freedom Award
- Sergio Vieira de Mello Citizen of the World
- James Parks Morton Interfaith Award
- 2001 NAACP Image Award – President's Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.