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Philip Agee

1935 - 2008

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Philip Burnett Franklin Agee (; January 19, 1935 – January 7, 2008) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer and writer of the 1975 book, Inside the Company: CIA Diary, detailing his experiences in the CIA. Agee joined the CIA in 1957, and over the following decade had postings in Washington, D.C., Ecuador, Uruguay and Mexico. After resigning from the Agency in 1968, he became a leading opponent of CIA practices. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Agee has received more than 433,299 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Agee is the 5,462nd most popular writer (down from 4,541st in 2019), the 9,028th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,736th in 2019) and the 704th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philip Agee ranks 5,462 out of 5,755Before him are Adelaide Anne Procter, Alasdair Gray, Khushwant Singh, Leon Kruczkowski, Kjell Espmark, and Mary Oliver. After him are Lydie Salvayre, Vincenzo Consolo, Gerrit Achterberg, Hans Jæger, Per Wästberg, and Wajdi Mouawad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Philip Agee ranks 399Before him are Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Ivan Calin, Leonid Potapov, Claude Esteban, Donald Arnold, and Mary Oliver. After him are Bob Gibson, Boris Stenin, Justin Francis Rigali, Susan Brownmiller, Peter de Klerk, and Adnan Badran. Among people deceased in 2008, Philip Agee ranks 286Before him are Ai Iijima, Larry James, Jerry Wexler, Rubén Héctor Sosa, Tony Rolt, and Ann Savage. After him are Gordon B. Hinckley, Lilyan Chauvin, Viktor Kuzkin, Jimmy Carl Black, Sigitas Geda, and Nirmala Deshpande.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Agee ranks 9,028 out of 18,182Before him are Jim Ross (1952), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Porter Goss (1938), Jack Casady (1944), Noble Johnson (1881), and Mary Oliver (1935). After him are Steve Anderson (1906), Albert Ammons (1907), Tony Martin (1913), Don Gordon (1926), Shayla LaVeaux (1969), and Gerard Way (1977).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Philip Agee ranks 704Before him are Robert B. Sherman (1925), Kristin Hannah (1960), John Jakes (1932), Kenneth Burke (1897), Armistead Maupin (1944), and Mary Oliver (1935). After him are Julia Alvarez (1950), W. S. Merwin (1927), Robert Creeley (1926), David Brown (1916), Alvah Bessie (1904), and Kathryn Stockett (1969).