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Oliver North

1943 - Today

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Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. A veteran of the Vietnam War, North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. It involved the illegal sale of weapons to the Khomeini regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran to encourage the release of American hostages then held in Lebanon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver North has received more than 6,054,883 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Oliver North is the 11,493rd most popular politician (down from 10,884th in 2019), the 4,599th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,630th in 2019) and the 285th most popular American Politician.

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  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oliver North ranks 11,493 out of 15,577. Before him are Henri Druey, Pyotr Masherov, Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Vladimir Potanin, Duško Ivanović, and Thomas Fairfax. After him are Sekiryo Kaneda, Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche, Jesús López Cobos, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and Wasfi Tal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Oliver North ranks 307. Before him are Herman Van Springel, Ramón Grosso, Leo Kinnunen, Sharon Gless, Kuniwo Nakamura, and Robert Axelrod. After him are Shlomo Ben-Ami, Eva Joly, Emile Ardolino, Angelo Comastri, Larry Coryell, and Kenichi Ohmae.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver North ranks 4,599 out of 18,182. Before him are Tommy Morrison (1969), Andreas Katsulas (1946), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Matt Reeves (1966), Charley Paddock (1900), and Mercedes Ruehl (1948). After him are Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Pink Anderson (1900), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Lee Wallard (1910), and Mary Blair (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Oliver North ranks 285. Before him are Robert Byrd (1917), Bruce Rauner (1957), Eric Shinseki (1942), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Henry Paulson (1946), and Harry Reid (1939). After him are Michael Kahn (1935), Gary Hart (1936), Harriet Lane (1830), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), James R. Schlesinger (1929), and Pete Rose (1941).

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