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George Blake

1922 - 2020

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George Blake (né Behar; 11 November 1922 – 26 December 2020) was a spy with Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union. He became a communist and decided to work for the MGB while a prisoner during the Korean War. Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union where he resided until dissolution in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Blake has received more than 1,294,540 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. George Blake is the 32nd most popular diplomat (down from 26th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 148th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Diplomat.

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  • 58.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, George Blake ranks 32 out of 90. Before him are Thomas Klestil, Édith Cresson, Irina Bokova, Hans Blix, Alfonso García Robles, and Giovanni Villani. After him are Yukiya Amano, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Amr Moussa, Ralph Bunche, Porfirio Rubirosa, and Dean Acheson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, George Blake ranks 89. Before him are Damiano Damiani, Barbara Bel Geddes, Roger Etchegaray, Árpád Göncz, Patrick Macnee, and Carlos Andrés Pérez. After him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Ralph H. Baer, Abdul Razak Hussein, Yvonne De Carlo, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Salvatore Giuliano. Among people deceased in 2020, George Blake ranks 92. Before him are Maj Sjöwall, Jānis Lūsis, Honor Blackman, Lorenzo Sanz, Manu Dibango, and Roger Scruton. After him are Wim Suurbier, Chadwick Boseman, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Shin Kyuk-ho, Stanley Ho, and Ernesto Cardenal.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, George Blake ranks 237 out of 1,646. Before him are Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Robin van Persie (1983), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), Anton Mussert (1894), and Adriaen de Vries (1556). After him are Isaac Beeckman (1588), Wim Suurbier (1945), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Tiësto (1969), and William I, Count of Holland (1167).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Netherlands

Among diplomats born in Netherlands, George Blake ranks 1. 

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