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Richard Holbrooke

1941 - 2010

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Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996). From 1993 to 1994, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Holbrooke has received more than 1,281,812 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Richard Holbrooke is the 44th most popular diplomat (down from 37th in 2019), the 3,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,679th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Richard Holbrooke ranks 44 out of 52Before him are Mikhail Borodin, Martin Luther, Zannanza, Roger Casement, Amr Moussa, and Ralph Bunche. After him are Friedrich Martens, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Paul Schmidt, J. Christopher Stevens, Damião de Góis, and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Richard Holbrooke ranks 196Before him are İdil Biret, Federico Faggin, Steve Cropper, Jesse Jackson, Reine Wisell, and Leslie Lamport. After him are Fritz Wepper, Roberto Calasso, Leon Russom, Eugène Terre'Blanche, George P. Cosmatos, and Wilson Pickett. Among people deceased in 2010, Richard Holbrooke ranks 112Before him are Lynn Redgrave, Jean Ferrat, Alan Sillitoe, Laurent Fignon, Luis Molowny, and Anatoly Dobrynin. After him are Hajo Herrmann, Tomáš Špidlík, Georges Wilson, Albert Ghiorso, Johan Ferrier, and Shmuel Eisenstadt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Holbrooke ranks 3,153 out of 18,182Before him are Larry Sanger (1968), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), Susan Sullivan (1942), Art Metrano (1936), Kamehameha V (1830), and Barbara Hendricks (1948). After him are Annie Potts (1952), Jeff Buckley (1966), Waylon Jennings (1937), Zach Galifianakis (1969), Jim Simons (1938), and Roy J. Plunkett (1910).

Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Richard Holbrooke ranks 9Before him are John R. Bolton (1948), George F. Kennan (1904), Antony Blinken (1962), Dean Acheson (1893), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), and Ralph Bunche (1904). After him are J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Victoria Nuland (1961), William J. Burns (1956), Joseph Grew (1880), Edward M. House (1858), and Adlai Stevenson II (1900).