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Robert Hanssen

1944 - 2023

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Robert Philip Hanssen (April 18, 1944 – June 5, 2023) was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. His espionage was described by the U.S. Department of Justice as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history". In 1979, three years after joining the FBI, Hanssen approached the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) to offer his services, beginning his first espionage cycle, lasting until 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Hanssen has received more than 9,498,037 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Robert Hanssen is the 40th most popular mafioso (up from 43rd in 2019), the 2,943rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,457th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Mafioso.

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  • 9.5M

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  • 55.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Robert Hanssen ranks 40 out of 70. Before him are Richard Kuklinski, Frank Lucas, Sundance Kid, Mickey Cohen, Murder of Kitty Genovese, and Salvatore Maranzano. After him are Vyacheslav Ivankov, Salomon Morel, Giuseppe Morello, Vincent Gigante, Russell Bufalino, and Lepke Buchalter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Robert Hanssen ranks 228. Before him are O Yeong-su, Onufriy, Rocky Johnson, Gary Glitter, Elizabeth Loftus, and Élisabeth Badinter. After him are Jeffrey Tambor, Ulf Stark, Claude Nicollier, Mauro Piacenza, Džemaludin Mušović, and Phillip Allen Sharp. Among people deceased in 2023, Robert Hanssen ranks 207. Before him are Niels Holst-Sørensen, Andre Braugher, Solomon Perel, M. S. Swaminathan, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, and Irina Miroshnichenko. After him are Karol J. Bobko, Dominique Colonna, Viktor Mamatov, Juraj Jakubisko, Telesphore Toppo, and Klaus Teuber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Hanssen ranks 2,943 out of 20,380. Before him are Christa McAuliffe (1948), Wendy Carlos (1939), James Henry Breasted (1865), Raymond Damadian (1936), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), and Ace Frehley (1951). After him are Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Martha Scott (1912), Shera Danese (1949), Katie Holmes (1978), Howlin' Wolf (1910), and George W. De Long (1844).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Robert Hanssen ranks 14. Before him are Wyatt Earp (1848), John Gotti (1940), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Frank Lucas (1930), Sundance Kid (1867), and Mickey Cohen (1913). After him are Vincent Gigante (1928), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Dutch Schultz (1902), Sammy Gravano (1945), Belle Starr (1848), and Joseph Colombo (1923).

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