1937 - Today
Colin Luther Powell ( KOH-lin; April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Powell has received more than 11,641,011 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Colin Powell is the 2,742nd most popular politician (down from 2,166th in 2019), the 908th most popular biography from United States (down from 678th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Politician.
Colin Powell is most famous for his military career, where he served as a four-star general in the United States Army, and as the 65th United States Secretary of State.
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Among politicians, Colin Powell ranks 2,742 out of 15,710. Before him are Agis IV, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Léon Gambetta, Cecrops I, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. After him are Taharqa, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Julius Schreck, Apepi, and Mentuhotep I.
265 BC - 241 BC
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,736
1771 - 1851
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,737
1838 - 1882
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,738
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,739
1553 - 1618
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,740
1504 - 1567
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,741
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,742
800 BC - 664 BC
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,743
1687 - 1711
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,744
1853 - 1907
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,745
1898 - 1936
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 2,746
1600 BC - 1549 BC
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 2,747
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 2,748
Among people born in 1937, Colin Powell ranks 42. Before him are Robert Coleman Richardson, David Hockney, Richard Møller Nielsen, Gennady Yanayev, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, and Thomas Pynchon. After him are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Robert Lucas Jr., Avram Hershko, Jacques Santer, Paolo Conte, and Andrei Konchalovsky.
1937 - 2013
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 36
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 37
1937 - 2014
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 38
1937 - 2010
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 39
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 40
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 41
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 42
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 43
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 44
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 45
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 46
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 47
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 48
Among people born in United States, Colin Powell ranks 908 out of 15,968. Before him are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Solomon Northup (1808), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), and Tom Waits (1949). After him are Lynn Margulis (1938), Robert A. Dahl (1915), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), George F. Kennan (1904), Melvin Schwartz (1932), and Willie Nelson (1933).
1807 - 1882
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 902
1890 - 1967
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 903
1925 - 2011
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 904
1808 - 1863
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 905
1912 - 1999
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 906
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 907
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 908
1938 - 2011
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 909
1915 - 2014
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 910
1926 - 2017
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 911
1904 - 2005
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 912
1932 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 913
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 914
Among politicians born in United States, Colin Powell ranks 77. Before him are Gina Haspel (1956), John Kerry (1943), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Barbara Bush (1925), John Sherman (1823), and Eliot Ness (1903). After him are Éamon de Valera (1882), Dred Scott (1795), John Foster Dulles (1888), Hiram Bingham III (1875), Allen Dulles (1893), and Mike Pence (1959).
1956 - Present
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 71
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 72
1888 - 1969
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 73
1925 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 74
1823 - 1900
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 75
1903 - 1957
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 76
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 77
1882 - 1975
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 78
1795 - 1858
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 79
1888 - 1959
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 80
1875 - 1956
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 81
1893 - 1969
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 82
1959 - Present
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 83