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Adolph Dubs

1920 - 1979

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Adolph Dubs (August 4, 1920 – February 14, 1979), also known as Spike Dubs, was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from May 13, 1978, until his death in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolph Dubs has received more than 498,071 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolph Dubs is the 78th most popular diplomat, the 10,181st most popular biography from United States and the 18th most popular American Diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Adolph Dubs ranks 78 out of 90Before him are Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Jacques Diouf, Ri Yong-ho, Vasily Nebenzya, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, and Wendy Sherman. After him are Peter Maurer, Sumner Welles, Janez Lenarčič, Zhao Lijian, Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, and Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Adolph Dubs ranks 405Before him are Antoinette Meyer, Beah Richards, Ronald Pope, Adele Goldstine, Man Mohan Adhikari, and Walter Frederick Morrison. After him are Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Jacqueline Mazéas, Keith Andrews, Julio Bolbochán, Sitara Devi, and Edy Reinalter. Among people deceased in 1979, Adolph Dubs ranks 258Before him are Guglielmo Segato, Andreo Cseh, Mikhail Ogonkov, George Brent, Shirley Mason, and Edward Akufo-Addo. After him are Charles Coughlin, Karel Senecký, Wálter Guimarães, Giovanni De Prà, Vivian Vance, and Roy Harris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adolph Dubs ranks 10,181 out of 20,380Before him are Phillip Griffiths (1938), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), Lamar Odom (1979), Jesse James (1969), Edward C. Stone (1936), and Abigail Breslin (1996). After him are Betty Garrett (1919), Mary Philbin (1902), Paul Winchell (1922), Candace Cameron Bure (1976), Bill Hicks (1961), and Bill Holland (1907).

Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Adolph Dubs ranks 18Before him are Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Joseph Grew (1880), Edward M. House (1858), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Richard Armitage (1945), and Wendy Sherman (1949). After him are Sumner Welles (1892), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), and Barbara Barrett (1950).