POLITICIAN

Oliver North

1943 - Today

Photo of Oliver North

Icon of person Oliver North

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 6,439,996 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver North is the 12,447th most popular politician (down from 11,459th in 2019), the 4,837th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,587th in 2019) and the 314th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oliver North ranks 12,447 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Bulnes, Rustam Minnikhanov, Eriba-Marduk, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Joseph Ngute, and Fidel Sánchez Hernández. After him are Valérie Trierweiler, Blas Infante, Ptolemy of Epirus, Trpimir II of Croatia, Saeb Erekat, and Parthamaspates of Parthia.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Oliver North ranks 352. Before him are Joe Haldeman, Gil Amelio, Erika Steinbach, Petar Skansi, Ottavio Bianchi, and Giancarlo De Sisti. After him are Gianni Russo, Takaji Mori, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Teruo Nimura, Pim Doesburg, and Theodor Stolojan.

Others Born in 1943

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver North ranks 4,837 out of 20,380. Before him are Greg Mankiw (1958), Richard Petty (1937), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Blackie Lawless (1956), William Zabka (1965), and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895). After him are Rafer Johnson (1935), Josephine Hull (1877), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Dennis Dugan (1946), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), and Louise Arner Boyd (1887).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Oliver North ranks 314. Before him are Kay Ivey (1944), William Perry (1927), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), Sargent Shriver (1915), John Hay (1838), and Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818). After him are Alexander H. Stephens (1812), Sam Webb (1945), Bobby Seale (1936), Edmund Randolph (1753), Fred Thompson (1942), and Bill Richardson (1947).

American born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous