POLITICIAN

Alger Hiss

1904 - 1996

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Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The statute of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. Before the trial, Hiss was involved in the establishment of the United Nations, both as a US State Department official and as a UN official. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alger Hiss has received more than 2,304,904 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alger Hiss is the 13,127th most popular politician (down from 11,883rd in 2019), the 5,404th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,923rd in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Politician.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

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  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alger Hiss ranks 13,127 out of 19,576. Before him are Spotted Elk, Phil Taylor, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Pierluigi Martini, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, and Jacob Bruce. After him are Albert Meyer, Federico Franco, J. G. Strijdom, Gaius Marcius Rutilus, Lucius Aurelius Cotta, and Ed Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Alger Hiss ranks 205. Before him are Valentín González, Lili Damita, Richard Addinsell, Bozorg Alavi, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, and Shunryū Suzuki. After him are J. R. D. Tata, Jimmy McGrory, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Hans Furler, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, and Anton Yugov. Among people deceased in 1996, Alger Hiss ranks 183. Before him are George Kojac, Veronica Guerin, Eno Raud, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Andrey Lukanov, and Jamie Uys. After him are Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, José Sasía, Abdullah Çatlı, Lydia Chukovskaya, Camilla Horn, and Johan Kraag.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alger Hiss ranks 5,404 out of 20,380. Before him are Paula Kelly (1942), John Drew Barrymore (1932), Spotted Elk (1826), Jack Horner (1946), Charles W. Misner (1932), and Fred Gwynne (1926). After him are Seraphim Rose (1934), Ted Meredith (1891), Ajita Wilson (1950), Albert Dekker (1905), Burt Ward (1945), and Edie Falco (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alger Hiss ranks 343. Before him are Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Jay Garner (1938), John Warner (1927), and Spotted Elk (1826). After him are Ed Koch (1924), William Cohen (1940), John J. McCloy (1895), Babushka Lady (1930), Richard Helms (1913), and Maura Healey (1971).

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