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 he 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 986,838 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles Colson is the 15,681st most popular politician (down from 13,647th in 2019), the 9,347th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,607th in 2019) and the 605th most popular Politician.
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Among politicians, Charles Colson ranks 15,681 out of 15,577. Before him are Lagumot Harris, Paweł Edelman, 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.
1938 - 1999
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 15,675
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 15,676
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,677
1421 - 1461
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,678
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,679
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,680
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,681
1913 - 1968
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 15,682
1883 - 2000
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 15,683
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 15,684
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 15,685
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 15,686
1953 - 2018
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 15,687
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 9,347 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: 9,341
1835 - 1922
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 9,342
1811 - 1879
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 9,343
1807 - 1892
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 9,344
1925 - 1966
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,345
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,346
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,347
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,348
1896 - 1969
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9,349
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,350
1869 - 1935
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,351
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,352
1921 - 2003
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,353
Among politicians born in United States, Charles Colson ranks 605. 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: 599
1913 - 1988
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 600
1791 - 1860
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 601
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 602
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 603
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 604
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 605
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 606
1926 - 2018
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 607
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 608
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 609
1764 - 1822
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 610
1816 - 1889
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 611