1937 - 2021
Colin Luther Powell ( KOHL-in; 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 12,494,838 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Colin Powell is the 1,352nd most popular politician (up from 2,738th in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from United States (up from 907th in 2019) and the 55th 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 1,352 out of 15,577. Before him are Karolos Papoulias, John V Palaiologos, Aristide Briand, Horst Köhler, Ferdinand III of Castile, and Frederick I of Denmark. After him are John Tyler, Anne Neville, Psamtik I, Critias, Emmanuel Macron, and Seljuk.
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,346
1332 - 1391
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,347
1862 - 1932
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,348
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,349
1199 - 1252
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1,350
1471 - 1533
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1,351
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 1,352
1790 - 1862
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 1,353
1456 - 1485
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 1,354
700 BC - 610 BC
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 1,355
460 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 1,356
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 1,357
902 - 1038
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 1,358
Among people born in 1937, Colin Powell ranks 18. Before him are Bobby Charlton, Queen Sonja of Norway, Boris Spassky, Queen Paola of Belgium, Vanessa Redgrave, and Martti Ahtisaari. After him are Madeleine Albright, Egon Krenz, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ahmed Yassin, Warren Beatty, and Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Among people deceased in 2021, Colin Powell ranks 16. Before him are Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Desmond Tutu, Christopher Plummer, Abolhassan Banisadr, Roh Tae-woo, and Karolos Papoulias. After him are F. W. de Klerk, Raffaella Carrà, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Bernie Madoff, Betty White, and Aaron T. Beck.
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 13
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 14
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 15
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 16
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 17
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 18
1937 - 2022
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 19
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 20
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 21
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 22
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 23
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 24
1937 - 2021
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 10
1931 - 2021
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 11
1929 - 2021
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 12
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 13
1932 - 2021
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 14
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 15
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 16
1936 - 2021
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 17
1943 - 2021
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 18
1940 - 2021
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 19
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 20
1922 - 2021
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 21
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 22
Among people born in United States, Colin Powell ranks 420 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Clancy (1947), Millard Fillmore (1800), Black Dahlia (1924), Gertrude Stein (1874), Dwayne Johnson (1972), and Harold Ramis (1944). After him are Alexander Calder (1898), John Tyler (1790), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Albert Fish (1870), William G. Morgan (1870), and Caitlyn Jenner (1949).
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 414
1800 - 1874
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 415
1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 416
1874 - 1946
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 417
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 418
1944 - 2014
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 419
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 420
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 421
1790 - 1862
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 422
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 423
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 424
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 425
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 426
Among politicians born in United States, Colin Powell ranks 55. Before him are Jefferson Davis (1808), Zachary Taylor (1784), Henry Clay (1777), Franklin Pierce (1804), William McKinley (1843), and Millard Fillmore (1800). After him are John Tyler (1790), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Sarah Palin (1964), Chester A. Arthur (1829), Crazy Horse (1840), and John Kerry (1943).
1808 - 1889
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 49
1784 - 1850
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 50
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 51
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 52
1843 - 1901
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 53
1800 - 1874
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 54
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 55
1790 - 1862
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 56
1822 - 1893
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 57
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 58
1829 - 1886
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 59
1840 - 1877
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 60
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 61