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MILITARY PERSONNEL

James Jesus Angleton

1917 - 1987

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James Jesus Angleton (December 9, 1917 – May 11, 1987) was an American intelligence operative who served as chief of the counterintelligence department of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1954 to 1975. According to Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms, Angleton was "recognized as the dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world". Angleton served in the Office of Strategic Services, a wartime predecessor to the CIA, in Italy and London during World War II. After the war, he returned to Washington, D.C. to become one of the founding officers of the CIA. He was initially responsible for the collection of foreign intelligence and liaison with counterpart organizations in allied countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Jesus Angleton has received more than 1,585,459 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). James Jesus Angleton is the 1,176th most popular military personnel (down from 1,016th in 2019), the 3,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,392nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Jesus Angleton ranks 1,176 out of 1,468. Before her are Michael von Melas, Johann von Aldringen, Alvin York, Gyula Cseszneky, Oku Yasukata, and Fritz Darges. After her are Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, Moritz von Auffenberg, Meleager, Hulusi Akar, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, and Jānis Balodis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, James Jesus Angleton ranks 158. Before her are Barry Commoner, Zoltán Fábri, Caspar Weinberger, William H. McNeill, Red Auerbach, and Dabbs Greer. After her are Dondinho, Ann Rutherford, Celeste Holm, Bertil Nordahl, Aníbal Paz, and Luigi Poggi. Among people deceased in 1987, James Jesus Angleton ranks 114. Before her are Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Jackie Gleason, Adile Naşit, Bernhard Grzimek, Norman McLaren, and Kishore Kumar. After her are Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Vicente Calderón, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Bengt Strömgren, René Lévesque, and Patrick Troughton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Jesus Angleton ranks 3,882 out of 18,182. Before her are Diane Venora (1952), William Kaelin Jr. (1957), Michelle Williams (1980), Milton George Henschel (1920), Martin Ferrero (1947), and Squanto (1585). After her are Cotton Mather (1663), Jesse Eisenberg (1983), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Milton Glaser (1929), Marlee Matlin (1965), and David Arquette (1971).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Jesus Angleton ranks 66. Before her are James M. Gavin (1907), John C. Woods (1911), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Wesley Clark (1944), William Calley (1943), and Alvin York (1887). After her are Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Herman Kahn (1922), and Eddie Slovik (1920).

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