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John O. Brennan

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John Owen Brennan (born September 22, 1955) is a former American intelligence officer who served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from March 2013 to January 2017. He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama, with the title Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President. Previously, he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 election campaign and presidential transition. Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the first Obama administration over concerns about his support for torture, after defending on TV the transferring of terror suspects to countries where they might be tortured while serving under President George W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John O. Brennan has received more than 3,472,500 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. John O. Brennan is the 16,629th most popular politician (down from 15,329th in 2019), the 10,255th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,681st in 2019) and the 672nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John O. Brennan ranks 16,629 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert J. Bentley, John Haglelgam, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Grigol Vashadze, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini. After him are E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Gideon Welles, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Amir Ohana, Samuel Huntington, and Anthony Carmona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, John O. Brennan ranks 464. Before him are Eddie Jobson, Armin Rohde, Smita Patil, Sam Bottoms, Julio Llamazares, and Alan Hansen. After him are Patricia Barber, Joanna Hoffman, Rita Verdonk, Ewine van Dishoeck, Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke, and Jan Hoffmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John O. Brennan ranks 10,255 out of 20,380. Before him are Edna May Oliver (1883), Carl Osburn (1884), Francis Frederick (1907), John Sloan (1871), Dorothy Allison (1949), and Josh Homme (1973). After him are Gideon Welles (1802), Patricia Barber (1955), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Don Muraco (1949), Richard Florida (1957), and Samuel Huntington (1731).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John O. Brennan ranks 672. Before him are Edward Brooke (1919), George Ariyoshi (1926), Jo Jorgensen (1957), Eric Holder (1951), Henry Cabot Lodge (1850), and Robert J. Bentley (1943). After him are Gideon Welles (1802), Samuel Huntington (1731), John N. Mitchell (1913), Roland Burris (1937), Steven Mnuchin (1962), and William Barr (1950).

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