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Clyde Tolson

1900 - 1975

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Clyde Anderson Tolson (May 22, 1900 – April 14, 1975) was the second-ranking official of the FBI from 1930 until 1972, from 1947 titled Associate Director, primarily responsible for personnel and discipline. He was the protégé and long-time top deputy of FBI Director J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clyde Tolson has received more than 2,228,220 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Clyde Tolson is the 11,952nd most popular politician (down from 6,727th in 2019), the 4,535th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,325th in 2019) and the 295th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Clyde Tolson ranks 11,952 out of 19,576. Before him are Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany, Sam Hinds, John Magufuli, Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Georgios Tsitas, and Jubal Early. After him are Omer Beriziky, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany, Joseph Daul, Sucheta Kriplani, and Sultan bin Ahmad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Clyde Tolson ranks 168. Before him are Bing Xin, Roy Harrod, Madeleine Renaud, Lee Beom-seok, Juan d'Arienzo, and Gilberto Freyre. After him are Pavel Kurochkin, Charles Vidor, Walther Kadow, Karl Kaufmann, Mikhail Isakovsky, and Dumarsais Estimé. Among people deceased in 1975, Clyde Tolson ranks 130. Before him are S. D. Burman, Barbara Hepworth, Doria Shafik, Max Lorenz, Richard Ratsimandrava, and Louis Van Hege. After him are Gaston Gallimard, Friedrich Sämisch, Manuel Seoane, Gustav von Wangenheim, Harold Osborn, and Mikhail Yegorov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clyde Tolson ranks 4,535 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Lewis Boss (1846), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), Dorothy Gibson (1889), John Tate (1925), and Jubal Early (1816). After him are Crawford Long (1815), Nathanael Greene (1742), Donald Barthelme (1931), Howard Pyle (1853), Cotton Mather (1663), and Holly Marie Combs (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Clyde Tolson ranks 295. Before him are Moses Finley (1912), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Kevin McCarthy (1965), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Edmund Muskie (1914), and Jubal Early (1816). After him are Augustine Washington (1694), William Livingston (1723), Grace Coolidge (1879), Julia Grant (1826), Beau Biden (1969), and Rick Perry (1950).

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