POLITICIAN

Richard Helms

1913 - 2002

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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 1,155,956 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Richard Helms is the 13,159th most popular politician (up from 13,403rd in 2019), the 5,434th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,365th in 2019) and the 348th most popular American Politician.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

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  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Helms ranks 13,159 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, John J. McCloy, Babushka Lady, Henryk Sławik, Walter Veltroni, and Dariga Nazarbayeva. After him are Lucius Aurelius Cotta, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, Adelaide of Hesse, Boris Eikhenbaum, Sergio Massa, and Sténio Vincent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Richard Helms ranks 210. Before him are Lilian Jackson Braun, Sándor Weöres, René Llense, Ad Reinhardt, Yakov Zak, and Eugene Lazowski. After him are Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Harald Edelstam, Yaşar Doğu, Jacqueline de Romilly, Igor Bondarevsky, and Earle Meadows. Among people deceased in 2002, Richard Helms ranks 181. Before him are Kakhi Asatiani, Irán Eory, Said Belqola, Rudolf Augstein, Gabrielle Wittkop, and Morihiro Saito. After him are Abdel Rahman Badawi, Marcel Kint, Mikhail Devyataev, Alan Lomax, Milton Berle, and Luise Rinser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 5,434 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Medley (1940), Muhtar Kent (1952), Brian Austin Green (1973), John J. McCloy (1895), Babushka Lady (1930), and John Ashton (1948). After him are Joel-Peter Witkin (1939), William R. Pogue (1930), Kathy Acker (1947), Henry M. Leland (1843), Mark Donohue (1937), and Jennifer Esposito (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 348. Before him are Spotted Elk (1826), Alger Hiss (1904), Ed Koch (1924), William Cohen (1940), John J. McCloy (1895), and Babushka Lady (1930). After him are Maura Healey (1971), Pete Rose (1941), Ishi (1860), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), Margaret Taylor (1788), and Robert Byrd (1917).

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