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Mark Felt

1913 - 2008

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William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was an American law enforcement officer who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1942 to 1973 and was known for his role in the Watergate scandal. Felt was an FBI special agent who eventually rose to the position of Deputy Director, the Bureau's second-highest-ranking post. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Felt has received more than 4,767,310 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Felt is the 5,366th most popular politician (down from 3,292nd in 2019), the 1,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,084th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Politician.

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  • 4.8M

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  • 59.03

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mark Felt ranks 5,366 out of 19,576. Before him are Walter Warlimont, Christian Wulff, Robert III of Worms, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, and Rothari. After him are Bermudo II of León, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Al-Qa'im, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Philip I, Count of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mark Felt ranks 74. Before him are Bruno Pontecorvo, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Israel Gelfand, Méret Oppenheim, Benjamin Bloom, and Yasuo Suzuki. After him are Paul Grice, Lloyd Bridges, Wolfgang Lüth, Philip Abelson, Johannes Steinhoff, and Loretta Young. Among people deceased in 2008, Mark Felt ranks 60. Before him are Joshua Lederberg, Rajko Mitić, Sufi Abu Taleb, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Henri Cartan, and Jerry Reed. After him are Youssef Chahine, Muslim Magomayev, Hugo Claus, Imad Mughniyah, Mauricio Kagel, and Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Felt ranks 1,729 out of 20,380. Before him are John Forsythe (1918), Lou Ferrigno (1951), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Chief Seattle (1786), Lance Armstrong (1971), and Edward Snowden (1983). After him are Dean Stockwell (1936), John Densmore (1944), Roger Ebert (1942), Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), Saul Kripke (1940), and Alan Greenspan (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mark Felt ranks 118. Before him are Henry L. Stimson (1867), Conrad Hilton (1887), Harvey Milk (1930), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Mitt Romney (1947), and Chief Seattle (1786). After him are Mitch McConnell (1942), Hiram Bingham III (1875), Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Clement Greenberg (1909), Spiro Agnew (1918), and William Walker (1824).

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