1941 - Today
Aldrich Hazen Ames (; born June 26, 1941) is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aldrich Ames has received more than 4,207,365 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Aldrich Ames is the 112th most popular extremist (down from 102nd in 2019), the 2,518th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,627th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Aldrich Ames ranks 112 out of 209. Before him are Jack Unterweger, Wadie Haddad, Baby Face Nelson, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cleveland Torso Murderer, and Elisabeth Becker. After him are Peter Sutcliffe, Rodney Alcala, Robert Hansen, Mary Ann Cotton, Joseph Bonanno, and Dokka Umarov.
1951 - 1994
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 106
1927 - 1978
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 107
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 108
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 109
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 110
1923 - 1946
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 111
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 112
1946 - 2020
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 113
1943 - 2021
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 114
1939 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 115
1832 - 1873
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 116
1905 - 2002
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 117
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 118
Among people born in 1941, Aldrich Ames ranks 156. Before him are Percy Sledge, Peter Coyote, Paavo Lipponen, Chubby Checker, Eleni Karaindrou, and David Hemmings. After him are Yuri Norstein, Captain Beefheart, Robert D. Putnam, Ahmed Shafik, Jaan Kaplinski, and Chucho Valdés.
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 150
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 151
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 152
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 153
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 154
1941 - 2003
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 155
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 156
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 157
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 158
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 159
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 160
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 161
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 162
Among people born in United States, Aldrich Ames ranks 2,518 out of 18,182. Before him are Thelma Ritter (1902), Dorothea Tanning (1910), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), James Dwight Dana (1813), Ken Mattingly (1936), and Rob Schneider (1963). After him are Kate Millett (1934), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Paul Rudd (1969), Captain Beefheart (1941), Robert D. Putnam (1941), and George Hamilton (1939).
1902 - 1969
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,512
1910 - 2012
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,513
1832 - 1907
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,514
1813 - 1895
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,515
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,516
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,517
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 2,518
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 2,519
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 2,520
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,521
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,522
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 2,523
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 2,524
Among extremists born in United States, Aldrich Ames ranks 36. Before him are David Berkowitz (1953), Whitey Bulger (1929), Charles Whitman (1941), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Andrew Cunanan (1969), and Baby Face Nelson (1908). After him are Rodney Alcala (1943), Robert Hansen (1939), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Joseph Valachi (1904), Sam Giancana (1908), and Leon Czolgosz (1873).
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 30
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 31
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 32
1787 - 1849
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 33
1969 - 1997
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 34
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 36
1943 - 2021
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 37
1939 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 38
1956 - 1994
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 39
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 40
1908 - 1975
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 41
1873 - 1901
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 42