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George Koval

1913 - 2006

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George Abramovich Koval (Russian: Жорж (Георгий) Абрамович Коваль, IPA: [ˈʐorʐ (ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj) ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈvalʲ] , Zhorzh Abramovich Koval; December 25, 1913 – January 31, 2006) was an American engineer who acted as a Soviet intelligence officer for the Soviet atomic bomb project. Koval's infiltration of the Manhattan Project as a GRU (Soviet military intelligence) agent reduced the time it took for the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons. Koval was born in Sioux City, Iowa to Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire (now Belarus). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Koval has received more than 321,179 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). George Koval is the 9,098th most popular politician (up from 9,525th in 2019), the 3,102nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,467th in 2019) and the 197th most popular American Politician.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Koval ranks 9,098 out of 19,576. Before him are Son Ngoc Thanh, Ivica Račan, Vonones II, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Tanzan Ishibashi, and James S. Sherman. After him are Gaius Lutatius Catulus, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Pharasmanes II of Iberia, Daniel Inouye, Donald Tsang, and Archidamus V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, George Koval ranks 135. Before him are Alexander Kotov, Donald Maclean, Charles Berlitz, Amrita Sher-Gil, Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, and Géza Kalocsay. After him are Véra Clouzot, Stefan Heym, Eiji Toyoda, Malietoa Tanumafili II, Johann Niemann, and Fritz-Julius Lemp. Among people deceased in 2006, George Koval ranks 122. Before him are Joe Rosenthal, Carl Brashear, Elias Hrawi, William Auld, Prince George William of Hanover, and Vera Aceva. After him are Esther Lederberg, Faas Wilkes, Coretta Scott King, Allan Kaprow, Marie Tharp, and Ferenc Szusza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Koval ranks 3,102 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Stills (1945), Christina Ricci (1980), Rob Schneider (1963), Jim Abrahams (1944), Winston Groom (1943), and James S. Sherman (1855). After him are Daniel Inouye (1924), Daniel Boone (1734), Esther Lederberg (1922), Frances Sternhagen (1930), Larry Semon (1889), and Annie Proulx (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Koval ranks 197. Before him are George Mason (1725), Levi P. Morton (1824), Mangas Coloradas (1792), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Bob Dole (1923), and James S. Sherman (1855). After him are Daniel Inouye (1924), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Dean Rusk (1909), Janet Jagan (1920), and Leon Panetta (1938).

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