1903 - 1957
Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables, handpicked for their incorruptibility. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliot Ness has received more than 5,509,460 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Eliot Ness is the 2,312th most popular politician (up from 2,703rd in 2019), the 741st most popular biography from United States (up from 891st in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Politician.
Eliot Ness was a Prohibition agent who is most famous for his work in taking down Al Capone.
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Among politicians, Eliot Ness ranks 2,312 out of 15,577. Before him are Kim Jong-suk, Tancred, King of Sicily, Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Werner von Haeften, William I of Sicily, and Mikhail Mishustin. After him are John of Brienne, Merneith, Isaias Afwerki, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, James III of Scotland, and Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.
1919 - 1949
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 2,306
1138 - 1194
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 2,307
1739 - 1767
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 2,308
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 2,309
1126 - 1166
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2,310
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2,311
1903 - 1957
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2,312
1158 - 1237
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2,313
3000 BC - 3000 BC
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2,314
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2,315
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2,316
1451 - 1488
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 2,317
1701 - 1773
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 2,318
Among people born in 1903, Eliot Ness ranks 38. Before him are Bing Crosby, Fahri Korutürk, Hugo Theorell, Raymond Queneau, Matthias Sindelar, and Igor Kurchatov. After him are Tunku Abdul Rahman, George Beadle, Georg Elser, Julius Fučík, Lars Onsager, and Empress Kōjun. Among people deceased in 1957, Eliot Ness ranks 27. Before him are Irving Langmuir, Alfred Döblin, Joseph McCarthy, Curzio Malaparte, František Kupka, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. After him are Erich von Stroheim, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Heinrich Hoffmann, Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, and V. Gordon Childe.
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 32
1903 - 1987
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 33
1903 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 34
1903 - 1976
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 35
1903 - 1939
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 36
1903 - 1960
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 37
1903 - 1957
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 38
1903 - 1990
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 39
1903 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 40
1903 - 1945
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 41
1903 - 1943
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 42
1903 - 1976
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 43
1903 - 2000
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 44
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 21
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 22
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 23
1898 - 1957
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 24
1871 - 1957
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 25
1867 - 1957
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 26
1903 - 1957
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 27
1885 - 1957
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 28
1877 - 1957
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 29
1885 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 30
1872 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 31
1888 - 1957
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 32
1892 - 1957
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Eliot Ness ranks 741 out of 18,182. Before him are George Eastman (1854), Nellie Bly (1864), George Cukor (1899), Keith Haring (1958), David Fincher (1962), and W. Edwards Deming (1900). After him are Gene Wilder (1933), Irving Fisher (1867), Ryan O'Neal (1941), Tippi Hedren (1930), Edward Norton (1969), and Burgess Meredith (1907).
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 735
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 736
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 737
1958 - 1990
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 738
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 739
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 740
1903 - 1957
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 741
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 742
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 743
1941 - 2023
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 744
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 745
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 746
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 747
Among politicians born in United States, Eliot Ness ranks 73. Before him are Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Ted Kennedy (1932), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Bill de Blasio (1961), and Kamehameha I (1758). After him are Kamala Harris (1964), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Gina Haspel (1956), Laura Bush (1946), and John Sherman (1823).
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 67
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 68
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 69
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 70
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 71
1758 - 1819
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 72
1903 - 1957
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 73
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 74
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 75
1888 - 1969
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 76
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 77
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 78
1823 - 1900
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 79