Extremist

Aldrich Ames

Central Intelligence Agency counter-intelligence officer and analyst

1941 - 2026

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His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Aldrich Ames is the 138th most popular extremist (down from 125th in 2024), the 3,249th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,732nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Extremist.

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Aldrich Ames's biography spans 28 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 62.47.

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Among Extremists

Among extremists, Aldrich Ames ranks 138 out of 336. Before him are David Berkowitz, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Delphine LaLaurie, Wilhelm Boger, Robert Hansen, and Charles Sobhraj. After him are Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jacques Mesrine, Eugen Weidmann, Frank Nitti, Juhayman al-Otaybi, and Baruch Goldstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Aldrich Ames ranks 195. Before him are Umberto Bossi, Fionnula Flanagan, Myron Scholes, Sergei Dovlatov, Élisabeth Depardieu, and Edmund Stoiber. After him are Paavo Lipponen, Akiko Wakabayashi, Peter Coyote, Peter Cullen, Leon Russom, and Salvatore Accardo. Among people deceased in 2026, Aldrich Ames ranks 75. Before him are Anne Schedeen, Umberto Bossi, Hércules Brito Ruas, Salih Muslim, Jean-Pierre Faye, and Eva Schloss. After him are Lindsey Graham, Leila Shahid, Neil Sedaka, José van Dam, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, and Carlos Westendorp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aldrich Ames ranks 3,249 out of 23,232. Before him are Riddick Bowe (1967), John C. Breckinridge (1821), Larry David (1947), Fife Symington (1945), Nikki Sixx (1958), and Debra Paget (1933). After him are Brandy Norwood (1979), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Peter Gallagher (1955), Edna Parker (1893), Dinah Washington (1924), and William Wallace Campbell (1862).

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Among Extremists In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Aldrich Ames ranks 46. Before him are Robert Stroud (1890), Richard Ramirez (1960), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), David Berkowitz (1953), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), and Robert Hansen (1939). After him are Baruch Goldstein (1956), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Whitey Bulger (1929), Stephen Paddock (1953), Joseph Valachi (1904), and Samuel Little (1940).

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