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POLITICIAN

Eliot Ness

1903 - 1957

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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

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United States

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).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

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).

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