1930 - 2004
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 – February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryszard Kukliński has received more than 375,586 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ryszard Kukliński is the 1,113th most popular military personnel (up from 1,116th in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Poland (up from 617th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Polish Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 1,113 out of 1,468. Before him are Quintus Fufius Calenus, Ignacio Allende, Ziba Ganiyeva, Henri Mathias Berthelot, Vitalian, and Doris Miller. After him are Polina Gelman, François de Créquy, George Dewey, Charles Robert Jenkins, Abdul Fatah Younis, and Adherbal.
50 BC - 40 BC
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 1,107
1769 - 1811
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,108
1923 - 2010
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 1,109
1861 - 1931
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,110
500 - 520
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,111
1919 - 1943
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,112
1930 - 2004
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,113
1919 - 2005
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 1,114
1625 - 1687
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 1,115
1837 - 1917
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 1,116
1940 - 2017
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 1,117
1944 - 2011
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 1,118
201 BC - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 1,119
Among people born in 1930, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 214. Before him are Sa'dun Hammadi, Venantino Venantini, The Big Bopper, Eugenio Castellotti, Ahmad Jamal, and Goro Shimura. After him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Josef Hügi, David Huddleston, Adile Naşit, and Leslie Manigat. Among people deceased in 2004, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 111. Before him are Joe Viterelli, Paul Winfield, Rafael Eitan, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Thomas Gold, and John Maynard Smith. After him are Hubert Selby Jr., Jozef Lenárt, Lucia Berlin, José Giovanni, Ann Miller, and Jesús Gil.
1930 - 2007
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 208
1930 - 2018
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 209
1930 - 1959
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 210
1930 - 1957
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 211
1930 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 212
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 213
1930 - 2004
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 214
1930 - 2012
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 215
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 216
1930 - 1995
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 217
1930 - 2016
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 218
1930 - 1987
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 219
1930 - 2014
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 220
1937 - 2004
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 105
1939 - 2004
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 106
1929 - 2004
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 107
1919 - 2004
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 108
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 109
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 110
1930 - 2004
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 111
1928 - 2004
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 112
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 113
1936 - 2004
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 114
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 115
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 116
1933 - 2004
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 117
Among people born in Poland, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 598 out of 1,454. Before him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1729), Ewa Kłobukowska (1946), Marek Janowski (1939), Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1734), Franciszek Pieczka (1928), and Xaver Scharwenka (1850). After him are Joachim Lelewel (1786), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Henryk Kasperczak (1946), Józef Wybicki (1747), Aleksander Fredro (1793), and Michał Sopoćko (1888).
1729 - 1800
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 592
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 593
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 594
1734 - 1793
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 595
1928 - 2022
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 596
1850 - 1924
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 597
1930 - 2004
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 598
1786 - 1861
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 599
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 600
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 601
1747 - 1822
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 602
1793 - 1876
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 603
1888 - 1975
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 604
Among military personnels born in Poland, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 50. Before him are Hellmuth Stieff (1901), Zygmunt Berling (1896), Walther von Lüttwitz (1859), Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov (1793), Max von Gallwitz (1852), and Georg von der Marwitz (1856). After him are Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885), Oskar Kummetz (1891), Remus von Woyrsch (1847), Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667), Walther Wever (1887), and Stefan Rowecki (1895).
1901 - 1944
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 44
1896 - 1980
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 45
1859 - 1942
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 46
1793 - 1861
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 47
1852 - 1937
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 48
1856 - 1929
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 49
1930 - 2004
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 50
1885 - 1947
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 51
1891 - 1980
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 52
1847 - 1920
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 53
1667 - 1728
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 54
1887 - 1936
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 55
1895 - 1944
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 56