1955 - Today
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 3,451,985 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John O. Brennan is the 15,386th most popular politician (down from 14,262nd in 2019), the 9,703rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,228th in 2019) and the 608th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, John O. Brennan ranks 15,386 out of 15,577. Before him are Reneta Indzhova, Jürgen Rüttgers, Gabriela von Habsburg, Bill Pickering, José Bono, and Einar Arnórsson. After him are Pedro Calungsod, Hamed Bakayoko, Mirja Lehtonen, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Zindzi Mandela, and Spark Matsunaga.
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 15,380
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 15,381
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 15,382
1910 - 2004
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 15,383
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 15,384
1880 - 1955
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 15,385
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 15,386
1654 - 1672
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 15,387
1965 - 2021
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 15,388
1942 - 2009
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 15,389
1872 - 1923
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 15,390
1960 - 2020
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 15,391
1916 - 1990
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 15,392
Among people born in 1955, John O. Brennan ranks 398. Before him are Kevin Conroy, Mary Beard, Eric Bischoff, José Montilla, Iain Pears, and Muricy Ramalho. After him are Petar Petrov, Cheryl Studer, Eddie Jobson, Doris Dörrie, Parviz Parastui, and Paulina Chiziane.
1955 - 2022
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 392
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 393
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 394
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 395
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 396
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 397
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 398
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 399
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 400
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 401
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 402
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 403
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 404
Among people born in United States, John O. Brennan ranks 9,703 out of 18,182. Before him are Jenna Dewan (1980), Alan King (1927), Harry Turtledove (1949), Arthur Fiedler (1894), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), and Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924). After him are Danny Ongais (1942), Taylor Schilling (1984), Loudon Wainwright III (1946), Chelsea Peretti (1978), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), and Marv Wolfman (1946).
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 9,697
1927 - 2004
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 9,698
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 9,699
1894 - 1979
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 9,700
1915 - 1995
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 9,701
1924 - 2019
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 9,702
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,703
1942 - 2022
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,704
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,705
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,706
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,707
1930 - 2017
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,708
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 9,709
Among politicians born in United States, John O. Brennan ranks 608. Before him are Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Bob Kerrey (1943), Leonard Wood (1860), Daniel Goldin (1940), John Delaney (1963), and Lisa Murkowski (1957). After him are Spark Matsunaga (1916), Ted Sorensen (1928), John Henninger Reagan (1818), John Brown Gordon (1832), Elliot Richardson (1920), and Peyton Randolph (1721).
1841 - 1915
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 602
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 603
1860 - 1927
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 604
1940 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 605
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 606
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 607
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 608
1916 - 1990
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 609
1928 - 2010
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 610
1818 - 1905
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 611
1832 - 1904
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 612
1920 - 1999
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 613
1721 - 1775
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 614