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J. Christopher Stevens

1960 - 2012

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John Christopher Stevens (April 18, 1960 – September 11, 2012) was an American career diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012, to September 11, 2012. Stevens was killed when the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked by members of Ansar al-Sharia on September 11–12, 2012., making Stevens the eighth U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Christopher Stevens has received more than 4,268,945 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. J. Christopher Stevens is the 67th most popular diplomat (down from 48th in 2019), the 7,067th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,535th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, J. Christopher Stevens ranks 67 out of 90Before him are Joseph Grew, Edward M. House, Filippo Grandi, Vatslav Vorovsky, Yasushi Akashi, and Max Jakobson. After him are Roberto Azevêdo, Bajrakitiyabha, Seán Lester, Richard Armitage, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Jacques Diouf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, J. Christopher Stevens ranks 265Before him are Peter F. Hamilton, Craig Sheffer, Azim Isabekov, Alain Geiger, Joe Ranft, and Kee Marcello. After him are Andrea Anastasi, Apa Sherpa, Courtney B. Vance, Jozef Chovanec, Martina Hellmann, and Oleg Menshikov. Among people deceased in 2012, J. Christopher Stevens ranks 303Before him are Frances Spence, Juan Pereda, Gerry Anderson, Branko Kralj, Helga Vlahović, and Patricia Medina. After him are Claude Cheysson, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Nils Karlsson, Othmar Schneider, Viktor Kosichkin, and Elza Ibrahimova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Christopher Stevens ranks 7,067 out of 20,380Before him are Blind Willie Johnson (1897), Lewis Cass (1782), Pat Robertson (1930), Ash Carter (1954), Ally Walker (1961), and Jo Jo White (1946). After him are Robert Parrish (1916), Laura San Giacomo (1962), Martin Dempsey (1952), Harold Becker (1928), Leigh Taylor-Young (1945), and José M. Hernández (1962).

Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, J. Christopher Stevens ranks 15Before him are William J. Burns (1956), Richard Holbrooke (1941), Victoria Nuland (1961), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Joseph Grew (1880), and Edward M. House (1858). After him are Richard Armitage (1945), Wendy Sherman (1949), Adolph Dubs (1920), Sumner Welles (1892), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), and Barbara Barrett (1950).