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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 1,051,717 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

Among politicians, Richard Helms ranks 13,451 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Richard Helms ranks 228Before 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 208Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 6,378 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 397Before 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).