1913 - 2002
Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was an American government official and diplomat who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973. Helms began intelligence work with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Following the 1947 creation of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he rose in its ranks during the presidencies of Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. Helms then was DCI under Presidents Johnson and Nixon, yielding to James R. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Helms has received more than 1,051,717 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Richard Helms is the 13,451st most popular politician (down from 12,025th in 2019), the 6,378th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,825th in 2019) and the 397th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Richard Helms ranks 13,451 out of 15,577. Before him are Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Laodice II, Emiliano Figueroa, Cheddi Jagan, Ramón Villeda Morales, and Abdulsalami Abubakar. After him are Sergei Sidorsky, István Bibó, Alexandros Nikolopoulos, Melchor Múzquiz, Coenred of Mercia, and Rodrigo Carazo Odio.
1802 - 1881
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 13,445
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 13,446
1866 - 1931
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 13,447
1918 - 1997
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 13,448
1909 - 1971
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 13,449
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 13,450
1913 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 13,451
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 13,452
1911 - 1979
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 13,453
1875 - 2000
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 13,454
1790 - 1844
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 13,455
700 - 716
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 13,456
1926 - 2009
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 13,457
Among people born in 1913, Richard Helms ranks 228. Before him are Bahi Ladgham, Gangubai Hangal, Kalpana Datta, Suzan Kahramaner, Jacinto Convit, and John Mikaelsson. After him are Cyril Toumanoff, Robert Nisbet, Tony Zale, Julius Döpfner, Harry Andersson, and Pierre Daninos. Among people deceased in 2002, Richard Helms ranks 208. Before him are Vernon A. Walters, Ramiro de León Carpio, John Eriksen, Carmelo Bene, Michel Boisrond, and Sanya Dharmasakti. After him are Damon Knight, R. M. Hare, Lotfia Elnadi, William Luther Pierce, Barry Foster, and Neal E. Miller.
1913 - 1998
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 222
1913 - 2009
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 223
1913 - 1995
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 224
1913 - 2006
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 225
1913 - 2014
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 226
1913 - 1987
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 227
1913 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 228
1913 - 1997
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 229
1913 - 1996
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 230
1913 - 1997
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 231
1913 - 1976
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 232
1913 - 1996
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 233
1913 - 2005
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 234
1917 - 2002
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 202
1942 - 2002
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 203
1957 - 2002
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 204
1937 - 2002
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 205
1921 - 2002
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 206
1907 - 2002
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 207
1913 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 208
1922 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 209
1919 - 2002
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 210
1907 - 2002
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 211
1933 - 2002
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 212
1931 - 2002
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 213
1909 - 2002
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 214
Among people born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 6,378 out of 18,182. Before him are Henry Dreyfuss (1904), Benjamin Orr (1947), Sylvia Browne (1936), Paul Gray (1972), D. B. Woodside (1969), and Nancy Chodorow (1944). After him are Damon Knight (1922), Renee O'Connor (1971), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), James H. Clark (1944), Eli Lilly (1838), and John Larroquette (1947).
1904 - 1972
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 6,372
1947 - 2000
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 6,373
1936 - 2013
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 6,374
1972 - 2010
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 6,375
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6,376
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6,377
1913 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6,378
1922 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6,379
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6,380
1922 - 2016
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 6,381
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 6,382
1838 - 1898
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 6,383
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 6,384
Among politicians born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 397. Before him are Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), John Podesta (1949), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Rahm Emanuel (1959), and George Moscone (1929). After him are Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Norman Mineta (1931), Eugene McCarthy (1916), José Graziano da Silva (1949), and William M. Tweed (1823).
1803 - 1891
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 391
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 392
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 393
1910 - 2004
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 394
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 395
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 396
1913 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 397
1816 - 1865
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 398
1935 - 2011
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 399
1931 - 2022
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 400
1916 - 2005
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 401
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 402
1823 - 1878
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 403