1931 - 2012
Charles Wendell Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012), generally referred to as Chuck Colson, was an American attorney and political advisor who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. Once known as President Nixon's "hatchet man", Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal, for being named as one of the Watergate Seven and also for pleading guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. In 1974, Colson served seven months in the federal Maxwell Prison in Alabama, as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges.Colson became an evangelical Christian in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Colson has received more than 1,218,921 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles Colson is the 15,240th most popular politician (down from 13,645th in 2019), the 9,348th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,607th in 2019) and the 584th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Charles Colson ranks 15,240 out of 15,577. Before him are Yunus-bek Yevkurov, Lagumot Harris, Lilia Podkopayeva, Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, Jacques-Édouard Alexis, and Albert Pahimi Padacké. After him are Nikolai Stepulov, Raymond Basset, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Marco Rubio, Mzilikazi, and Afonso Dhlakama.
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 15,234
1938 - 1999
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 15,235
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,236
1421 - 1461
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,237
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,238
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,239
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,240
1913 - 1968
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,241
1883 - 2000
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 15,242
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 15,243
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 15,244
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 15,245
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 15,246
Among people born in 1931, Charles Colson ranks 447. Before him are Flora Nwapa, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Walt Davis, Romila Thapar, Anthony Newley, and Gert Hofmann. After him are Enrique Hormazábal, Janice Rule, Nirupa Roy, Ursula Donath, Luciano Tesi, and Gordon Pirie. Among people deceased in 2012, Charles Colson ranks 375. Before him are Luke Askew, Jacques Barzun, Phillip V. Tobias, Aldo Maldera, Mitch Lucker, and Ruy de Freitas. After him are Fontella Bass, Boris Razinsky, Mike Kelley, Janice E. Voss, Michael O'Hare, and Terry Callier.
1931 - 1993
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 441
1931 - 2013
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 442
1931 - 2020
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 443
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 444
1931 - 1999
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 445
1931 - 1993
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 446
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 447
1931 - 1999
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 448
1931 - 2003
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 449
1931 - 2004
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 450
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 451
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 452
1931 - 1991
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 453
1932 - 2012
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 369
1907 - 2012
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 370
1925 - 2012
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 371
1953 - 2012
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 372
1984 - 2012
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 373
1916 - 2012
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 374
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 375
1940 - 2012
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 376
1933 - 2012
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 377
1954 - 2012
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 378
1956 - 2012
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 379
1952 - 2012
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 380
1945 - 2012
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 381
Among people born in United States, Charles Colson ranks 9,348 out of 18,182. Before him are Charlie Rose (1942), Lyman Abbott (1835), George Caleb Bingham (1811), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), Eric Fleming (1925), and Fredric Lehne (1959). After him are Tom Harrell (1946), Natalie Talmadge (1896), Patrick Leonard (1956), Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), Bitty Schram (1968), and Sheb Wooley (1921).
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 9,342
1835 - 1922
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 9,343
1811 - 1879
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 9,344
1807 - 1892
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 9,345
1925 - 1966
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,346
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,347
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,348
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,349
1896 - 1969
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,350
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,351
1869 - 1935
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,352
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,353
1921 - 2003
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,354
Among politicians born in United States, Charles Colson ranks 584. Before him are Howard Baker (1925), John N. Mitchell (1913), John Nelson (1791), Tom Vilsack (1950), Steven Mnuchin (1962), and Julian Castro (1974). After him are Marco Rubio (1971), Peter G. Peterson (1926), Angus King (1944), Gray Davis (1942), William Pinkney (1764), and Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816).
1925 - 2014
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 578
1913 - 1988
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 579
1791 - 1860
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 580
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 581
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 582
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 583
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 584
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 585
1926 - 2018
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 586
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 587
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 588
1764 - 1822
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 589
1816 - 1889
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 590