DIPLOMAT
George Blake
1922 - 2020
George Blake
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 his death in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Blake has received more than 1,240,887 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Blake is the 26th most popular diplomat (up from 40th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 351st in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Diplomat.
Memorability Metrics
1.2M
Page Views (PV)
59.99
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
27
Languages Editions (L)
5.80
Effective Languages (L*)
2.52
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among DIPLOMATS
Among diplomats, George Blake ranks 26 out of 52. Before him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Chaim Herzog, George F. Kennan, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, and Thomas Klestil. After him are Irina Bokova, Giovanni Villani, Édith Cresson, Alfonso García Robles, Antony Blinken, and Porfirio Rubirosa.
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
1784 - 1865
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 20
Chaim Herzog
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 21
George F. Kennan
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 22
Viktor Chernomyrdin
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 23
Megasthenes
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 24
Thomas Klestil
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 25
George Blake
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 26
Irina Bokova
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 27
Giovanni Villani
1276 - 1348
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 28
Édith Cresson
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 29
Alfonso García Robles
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 30
Antony Blinken
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 31
Porfirio Rubirosa
1909 - 1965
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 32
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1922, George Blake ranks 64. Before him are Richard Hamilton, Lucian Freud, Toots Thielemans, Oskar Werner, Joan Fuster, and Adolfo Celi. After him are Yuri Lotman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Carl Reiner, Jake LaMotta, Denholm Elliott, and María Casares. Among people deceased in 2020, George Blake ranks 65. Before him are Jack Steinberger, Kenny Rogers, Ken Hensley, Terry Jones, Conchata Ferrell, and Buck Henry. After him are Masatoshi Koshiba, Pranab Mukherjee, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Carl Reiner, Eddie Van Halen, and Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz.
Others Born in 1922
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Richard Hamilton
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 58
Lucian Freud
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 59
Toots Thielemans
1922 - 2016
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 60
Oskar Werner
1922 - 1984
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 61
Joan Fuster
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 62
Adolfo Celi
1922 - 1986
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 63
George Blake
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 64
Yuri Lotman
1922 - 1993
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 65
Barbara Bel Geddes
1922 - 2005
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 66
Carl Reiner
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 67
Jake LaMotta
1922 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 68
Denholm Elliott
1922 - 1992
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 69
María Casares
1922 - 1996
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 70
Others Deceased in 2020
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Jack Steinberger
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 59
Kenny Rogers
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 60
Ken Hensley
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 61
Terry Jones
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 62
Conchata Ferrell
1943 - 2020
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 63
Buck Henry
1930 - 2020
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 64
George Blake
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 65
Masatoshi Koshiba
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 66
Pranab Mukherjee
1935 - 2020
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 67
Irinej, Serbian Patriarch
1930 - 2020
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 68
Carl Reiner
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 69
Eddie Van Halen
1955 - 2020
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 70
Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
1936 - 2020
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 71
In Netherlands
Among people born in Netherlands, George Blake ranks 148 out of 1,427. Before him are Mariska Veres (1947), Zacharias Janssen (1585), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Arie Haan (1948), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), and Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939). After him are Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Wim Kok (1938), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Antonis Mor (1519), Jan Ingenhousz (1730), and Theo van Gogh (1957).
Others born in Netherlands
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Mariska Veres
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 142
Zacharias Janssen
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 143
Ferdinand Bol
1616 - 1680
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 144
Arie Haan
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 145
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 146
Princess Irene of the Netherlands
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 147
George Blake
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 148
Abraham Bloemaert
1566 - 1651
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 149
Wim Kok
1938 - 2018
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 150
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
1547 - 1619
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 151
Antonis Mor
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 152
Jan Ingenhousz
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 153
Theo van Gogh
1957 - 2004
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 154
Among DIPLOMATS In Netherlands
Among diplomats born in Netherlands, George Blake ranks 1.
