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Rudolf Abel

Soviet intelligence officer

1903 - 1971

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His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Rudolf Abel is the 224th most popular military personnel (up from 349th in 2024), the 532nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 639th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Military Personnel.

Rudolf Abel was a Soviet spy who was arrested in 1957 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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Rudolf Abel climbed 2,585 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #9,412 to #6,832.

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Rudolf Abel ranks #532 among 9,870 people in Pantheon born in United Kingdom, inside the top 6% of that group.

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Rudolf Abel's Wikipedia page drew 490k views over the past year, 3.1× the average among Military Personnels.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Rudolf Abel ranks 224 out of 2,188. Before him are Yūsuf Balasaguni, Friedrich Olbricht, Wilhelm List, Yue Fei, Parmenion, and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. After him are Maurice Gamelin, Aleksei Brusilov, Pierre Augereau, Władysław Sikorski, Lavr Kornilov, and Alfred von Tirpitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Rudolf Abel ranks 29. Before him are Kane Tanaka, Frank P. Ramsey, Hugo Theorell, Anaïs Nin, Mustafa Barzani, and Karl Hanke. After him are Nikolai Podgorny, Fahri Korutürk, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Raymond Queneau, John Dillinger, and Hans Jonas. Among people deceased in 1971, Rudolf Abel ranks 25. Before him are Harold Lloyd, D. B. Cooper, Gotthard Heinrici, Igor Tamm, Wilhelm List, and François Duvalier. After him are Lin Biao, Franz Stangl, Donald Winnicott, Jacobo Árbenz, Arne Jacobsen, and Lothar Rendulic.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rudolf Abel ranks 532 out of 9,870. Before him are Kenny Baker (1934), Ian Holm (1931), Theresa May (1956), David Brewster (1781), Cynric (450), and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650). After him are Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Patrick Stewart (1940), George Eliot (1819), Charles Lyell (1797), Robert Burns (1759), and Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882).

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Among Military Personnels In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Rudolf Abel ranks 14. Before him are John Hawkins (1532), Alexander Selkirk (1676), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Gertrude Bell (1868), Captain Tom (1920), and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650). After him are Jack Phillips (1887), Hugh Dowding (1882), Timothy Laurence (1955), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), and Charles Lee (1731).

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