Politician

Oleg Gordievsky

Former colonel of the KGB

1938 - 2025

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His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Oleg Gordievsky is the 4,055th most popular politician (up from 8,225th in 2024), the 352nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 796th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Russian Politician.

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Oleg Gordievsky climbed 12,981 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #25,519 to #12,550.

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Oleg Gordievsky ranks #71 among 1,032 notable people born in Moscow, Russia, inside the top 7% by HPI.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 4,053 out of 20,022. Before him are Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, Guy, Count of Flanders, Przemysł II, Adad-nirari I, and J. R. Jayewardene. After him are Sverre of Norway, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Cao Zhi, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Henry I of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 69. Before him are David Irving, Raymond Carver, Wim Kok, István Szabó, Giuliano Amato, and Brian Dennehy. After him are Takehiko Kawanishi, Terry Wogan, Georg Baselitz, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Etta James, and Angelo Amato. Among people deceased in 2025, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 65. Before him are Jochen Mass, Chris Rea, Costas Simitis, Ján Zachara, Alfredo Palacio, and Vitold Fokin. After him are Alfred Brendel, Luis Galván, Oliviero Toscani, Jules Wijdenbosch, Joseph Nye, and Hugo Gatti.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 352 out of 4,534. Before him are Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Avvakum (1620), Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), and Edith Södergran (1892). After him are Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Lovis Corinth (1858), Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Leonid Govorov (1897), Karl Bryullov (1799), and Alexander Litvinenko (1962).

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Among Politicians In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 109. Before him are Oleg Penkovsky (1919), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Yury of Moscow (1281), Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832). After him are Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Jani Beg (1300), Nikolai Patrushev (1951), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786), Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (1886), and Anna Dostoevskaya (1846).

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