MILITARY PERSONNEL

Charlie Wilson

1933 - 2010

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Charles Nesbitt Wilson (June 1, 1933 – February 10, 2010) was an American politician and naval officer who was a 12-term Democratic Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation, which during the Carter and Reagan administrations supplied military equipment to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie Wilson has received more than 73,759 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2019). Charlie Wilson is the 1,618th most popular military personnel (down from 832nd in 2019), the 5,190th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,552nd in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 50.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charlie Wilson ranks 1,618 out of 2,058. Before him are Polina Gelman, Vladimir Triandafillov, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Koos de la Rey, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, and Andreas Miaoulis. After him are Karl Allmendinger, Otto von Emmich, Manuel Goded Llopis, Valentín González, Eddie Slovik, and Leonid Ivashov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Charlie Wilson ranks 280. Before him are Henry Darrow, Máté Fenyvesi, Javier Lozano Barragán, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Tete Montoliu, and James Wolfensohn. After him are Bill Hayden, Bill Nieder, Tsuneko Okazaki, Georgi Atanasov, Suchinda Kraprayoon, and Ulrich Biesinger. Among people deceased in 2010, Charlie Wilson ranks 217. Before him are Tewhida Ben Sheikh, Otmar Suitner, Marina Semyonova, Mary Daly, Robin Milner, and Tzannis Tzannetakis. After him are Carl Adam Petri, Jackie Burroughs, Ronald Neame, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Dixie Carter, and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Wilson ranks 5,190 out of 20,380. Before him are Troy Donahue (1936), Richard Montague (1930), Jacob Perkins (1766), LL Cool J (1968), Pat Smear (1959), and Ralph Linton (1893). After him are Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), and Reba McEntire (1955).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Charlie Wilson ranks 91. Before him are Mark Milley (1958), Carl Spaatz (1891), Smedley Butler (1881), Richmond K. Turner (1885), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), and Carlos Hathcock (1942). After him are Eddie Slovik (1920), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Henry Gunther (1895), Henry Halleck (1815), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), and J. D. Tippit (1924).

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