POLITICIAN
Oleg Penkovsky
1919 - 1963
Oleg Penkovsky
Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (Russian: Оле́г Влади́мирович Пенько́вский; 23 April 1919 – 16 May 1963), codenamed Hero (by the CIA) and Yoga (by MI6) was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Penkovsky informed the United States and the United Kingdom about Soviet military secrets, including the appearance and footprint of Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile installations and the weakness of the Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program. This information was decisive in allowing the US to recognize that the Soviets were placing missiles in Cuba before most of them were operational. It also gave US President John F. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oleg Penkovsky has received more than 2,299,334 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Oleg Penkovsky is the 2,992nd most popular politician (up from 3,646th in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 371st in 2019) and the 85th most popular Russian Politician.
Oleg Penkovsky was a Soviet military intelligence officer who spied for the United States and Britain. He passed information to the CIA and MI6 from 1961 to 1963. His information helped the West understand Soviet military capabilities.
Memorability Metrics
2.3M
Page Views (PV)
63.04
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
5.25
Effective Languages (L*)
2.65
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Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 2,992 out of 19,576. Before him are Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Latife Uşşaki, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Vratislaus II of Bohemia, Sargon I, and Kaykhusraw I. After him are Ahhotep I, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Wittiza, Konrad Henlein, and Cardinal de Rohan.
Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsErnest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1629 - 1698
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 2,986
Latife Uşşaki
1898 - 1975
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 2,987
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
1869 - 1957
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,988
Vratislaus II of Bohemia
1035 - 1092
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,989
Sargon I
1900 BC - 1900 BC
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,990
Kaykhusraw I
1150 - 1211
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,991
Oleg Penkovsky
1919 - 1963
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,992
Ahhotep I
1560 BC - 1530 BC
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 2,993
Emperor Go-Yōzei
1571 - 1617
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 2,994
Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
2300 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 2,995
Wittiza
687 - 710
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,996
Konrad Henlein
1898 - 1945
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,997
Cardinal de Rohan
1734 - 1803
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2,998
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1919, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 27. Before him are Hans-Joachim Marseille, Pierre Trudeau, Gerhard Barkhorn, Donald Pleasence, Dino De Laurentiis, and Lex Barker. After him are Boris Shcherbina, Iris Murdoch, Andreas Papandreou, Moïse Tshombe, Leon Festinger, and Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado. Among people deceased in 1963, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 28. Before him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Thích Quảng Đức, Abd al-Karim Qasim, Carmen Amaya, Rajendra Prasad, and Theodore von Kármán. After him are Jacques Hadamard, Richard Baer, Kurt Zeitzler, Józef Gosławski, Richard Barthelmess, and Karl Bühler.
Others Born in 1919
Go to all RankingsHans-Joachim Marseille
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 1942
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 21
Pierre Trudeau
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2000
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 22
Gerhard Barkhorn
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 23
Donald Pleasence
ACTOR
1919 - 1995
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 24
Dino De Laurentiis
PRODUCER
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 25
Lex Barker
ACTOR
1919 - 1973
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 26
Oleg Penkovsky
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1963
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 27
Boris Shcherbina
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1990
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 28
Iris Murdoch
WRITER
1919 - 1999
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 29
Andreas Papandreou
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1996
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 30
Moïse Tshombe
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 31
Leon Festinger
PSYCHOLOGIST
1919 - 1989
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 32
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1983
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 33
Others Deceased in 1963
Go to all RankingsArchduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1963
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 22
Thích Quảng Đức
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1897 - 1963
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 23
Abd al-Karim Qasim
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1963
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 24
Carmen Amaya
ACTOR
1913 - 1963
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 25
Rajendra Prasad
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 26
Theodore von Kármán
ENGINEER
1881 - 1963
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 27
Oleg Penkovsky
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1963
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 28
Jacques Hadamard
MATHEMATICIAN
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 29
Richard Baer
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1963
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 30
Kurt Zeitzler
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1963
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 31
Józef Gosławski
SCULPTOR
1908 - 1963
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 32
Richard Barthelmess
ACTOR
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 33
Karl Bühler
PSYCHOLOGIST
1879 - 1963
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 34
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 282 out of 3,761. Before him are Ramzan Kadyrov (1976), Vasily Vereshchagin (1842), Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), Andrei Grechko (1903), Aleksandr Dugin (1962), and Varlam Shalamov (1907). After him are Eugen Sandow (1867), Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), Eduard Limonov (1943), Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), and Alexey Ekimov (1945).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsRamzan Kadyrov
POLITICIAN
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 276
Vasily Vereshchagin
PAINTER
1842 - 1904
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 277
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
WRITER
1843 - 1916
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 278
Andrei Grechko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1903 - 1976
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 279
Aleksandr Dugin
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 280
Varlam Shalamov
WRITER
1907 - 1982
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 281
Oleg Penkovsky
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1963
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 282
Eugen Sandow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1867 - 1925
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 283
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1843 - 1865
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 284
Eduard Limonov
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 285
Viktor Vasnetsov
PAINTER
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 286
Vladimir K. Zworykin
INVENTOR
1888 - 1982
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 287
Alexey Ekimov
PHYSICIST
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 288
Among POLITICIANS In Russia
Among politicians born in Russia, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 85. Before him are Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891), Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1553), Mykola Azarov (1947), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), and Ramzan Kadyrov (1976). After him are Eduard Limonov (1943), Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786), Ivan II of Moscow (1326), Anastasia Romanovna (1530), and Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871).
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia
1891 - 1942
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 79
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
1553 - 1618
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 80
Mykola Azarov
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 81
Lyudmila Putina
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 82
Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
1895 - 1970
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 83
Ramzan Kadyrov
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 84
Oleg Penkovsky
1919 - 1963
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 85
Eduard Limonov
1943 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 86
Aleksey Kuropatkin
1848 - 1925
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 87
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
1786 - 1859
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 88
Ivan II of Moscow
1326 - 1359
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 89
Anastasia Romanovna
1530 - 1560
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 90
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia
1871 - 1899
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 91