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R. James Woolsey Jr.

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Robert James Woolsey Jr. (born September 21, 1941) is an American political appointee who has served in various senior positions. He headed the Central Intelligence Agency as Director of Central Intelligence from February 5, 1993, until January 10, 1995. He held a variety of government positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including as United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union for five years in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. James Woolsey Jr. has received more than 481,992 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). R. James Woolsey Jr. is the 15,942nd most popular politician (down from 14,739th in 2019), the 8,860th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,420th in 2019) and the 570th most popular American Politician.

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  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 15,942 out of 19,576. Before him are Vladimir Pashkov, Henry Dearborn, Gediminas Vagnorius, Ruth Williams Khama, Galab Donev, and Michael Portillo. After him are N. Chandrababu Naidu, Karmenu Vella, Policarpo Paz García, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Klaus Tschütscher, and Aloys Van de Vyvere.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 518. Before him are Sadhana Shivdasani, Jackie DeShannon, Christopher Jones, Wilfrid Napier, Teodor Meleșcanu, and Bobby Hutcherson. After him are Marcelo Pagani, Marilyn Strathern, Uta Frith, Jared Martin, Christopher Connelly, and Nambi Narayanan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 8,860 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Poland (1957), Carol Heiss (1940), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Adam Rodriguez (1975), Lillian Disney (1899), and Norman Greenbaum (1942). After him are Frankie Muniz (1985), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Gardner Dozois (1947), Jeremy Strong (1978), Loleatta Holloway (1946), and Barbara Bates (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, R. James Woolsey Jr. ranks 570. Before him are H. R. Haldeman (1926), John Ashcroft (1942), Angus King (1944), James Comey (1960), Ben Cardin (1943), and Henry Dearborn (1751). After him are William L. Marcy (1786), Chris Christie (1962), George Deukmejian (1928), John Morton (1725), John Canfield Spencer (1788), and Daniel Goldin (1940).

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