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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 1,342,177 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Holbrooke is the 43rd most popular diplomat (up from 44th in 2019), the 2,697th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,145th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Diplomat.

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  • 55.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Richard Holbrooke ranks 43 out of 90. Before him are Porfirio Rubirosa, Dean Acheson, Martin Luther, Mikhail Borodin, Jean Kennedy Smith, and William J. Burns. After him are Zannanza, Friedrich Martens, Victoria Nuland, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Roger Casement, and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Richard Holbrooke ranks 162. Before him are Bruce Nauman, Luis Alberto Lacalle, Eleni Karaindrou, Andrés García, Beniamino Stella, and Sigmar Polke. After him are Maurice White, Reine Wisell, Aldrich Ames, Robert Guéï, Na Moon-hee, and Tom Fogerty. Among people deceased in 2010, Richard Holbrooke ranks 97. Before him are Bella Akhmadulina, Martin Sandberger, Andor Lilienthal, Eddie Fisher, Sigmar Polke, and Lynn Redgrave. After him are Cécile Aubry, Philippa Foot, Orlando Peçanha, Erich Segal, Guido de Marco, and Nasr Abu Zayd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Holbrooke ranks 2,697 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna May Wong (1905), Lizzie Borden (1860), Linda Kozlowski (1958), Horace Wells (1815), Siri Hustvedt (1955), and Kevin Federline (1978). After him are Peter Boyle (1935), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Jason Newsted (1963), Sylvia Sidney (1910), James Taylor (1948), and Richard Brooks (1912).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Richard Holbrooke ranks 10. Before him are Antony Blinken (1962), George F. Kennan (1904), Ralph Bunche (1904), Dean Acheson (1893), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), and William J. Burns (1956). After him are Victoria Nuland (1961), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Joseph Grew (1880), Edward M. House (1858), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), and Richard Armitage (1945).

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