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Robert Gates

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Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and was retained by President Barack Obama. Gates began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gates served for twenty-six years in the CIA and at the National Security Council, and was director of central intelligence under President George H. W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Gates has received more than 3,162,128 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Robert Gates is the 7,831st most popular politician (up from 8,771st in 2019), the 2,587th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,123rd in 2019) and the 169th most popular American Politician.

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  • 56.02

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Gates ranks 7,831 out of 19,576. Before him are Mustafa Tlass, Emperor Cheng of Jin, Leonora Dori, Alois Eliáš, François Certain de Canrobert, and Abu Inan Faris. After him are Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Zu Jia, Manuel Marulanda, Senjūrō Hayashi, and Zu Yi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Robert Gates ranks 178. Before him are Ian Kershaw, Edward Herrmann, Bob Woodward, Dick Taylor, Murtaz Khurtsilava, and Boris Gromov. After him are Edward L. G. Bowell, Alfio Basile, André Téchiné, J. T. Walsh, Ramón Sampedro, and Nicholas Negroponte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Gates ranks 2,587 out of 20,380. Before him are Kelly Bishop (1944), Wally Schirra (1923), Joan Cusack (1962), Lily Tomlin (1939), Pat Metheny (1954), and Lewis Hine (1874). After him are Roscoe Arbuckle (1887), Herbert Blumer (1900), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Miguel Ferrer (1955), KRS-One (1965), and John Philip Sousa (1854).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Gates ranks 169. Before him are Harry Dexter White (1892), Thomas R. Marshall (1854), James Baker (1930), John C. Calhoun (1782), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), and Dianne Feinstein (1933). After him are Kamehameha III (1814), Lew Wallace (1827), Jay Rockefeller (1937), William Joyce (1906), Ronald Lauder (1944), and Charles W. Fairbanks (1852).

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