DIPLOMAT

John R. Bolton

1948 - Today

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John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and political commentator. He served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019. Bolton served as a United States Assistant Attorney General for President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John R. Bolton has received more than 4,307,929 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). John R. Bolton is the 15th most popular diplomat (up from 16th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from United States (up from 582nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Diplomat.

John R. Bolton is most famous for being the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and for being the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2001 to 2005.

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  • 4.3M

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  • 72.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, John R. Bolton ranks 15 out of 90Before him are Ban Ki-moon, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Raoul Wallenberg, Lucien Bonaparte, Madeleine Albright, and Folke Bernadotte. After him are Chaim Herzog, Mohamed ElBaradei, Alva Myrdal, Antony Blinken, Hasekura Tsunenaga, and George F. Kennan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, John R. Bolton ranks 25Before him are Henning Mankell, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Marcello Lippi, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Andrzej Sapkowski, and Abdulrazak Gurnah. After him are Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Maurizio Gucci, Klaus Meine, George Tupou V, George R. R. Martin, and Kathy Bates.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John R. Bolton ranks 425 out of 20,380Before him are William McKinley (1843), Kim Basinger (1953), Natalie Wood (1938), Ed Gein (1906), Jessica Lange (1949), and Peter Fonda (1940). After him are George Clooney (1961), Ed Harris (1950), Shirley MacLaine (1934), Hugh Hefner (1926), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), and Millard Fillmore (1800).

Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, John R. Bolton ranks 3Before him are Pocahontas (1595), and John Jay (1745). After him are Antony Blinken (1962), George F. Kennan (1904), Ralph Bunche (1904), Dean Acheson (1893), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), William J. Burns (1956), Richard Holbrooke (1941), Victoria Nuland (1961), and Adlai Stevenson II (1900).