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Valerie Plame

1963 - Today

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Valerie Elise Plame (born August 13, 1963) is an American writer, spy, novelist, and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. As the subject of the 2003 Plame affair, also known as the CIA leak scandal, Plame's identity as a CIA officer was leaked to and subsequently published by Robert Novak of The Washington Post. She described this period and the media firestorm that ensued as "mortifying, and I think I was in shock for a couple years". In the aftermath of the scandal, Richard Armitage in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerie Plame has received more than 3,596,244 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Valerie Plame is the 6,870th most popular writer (down from 6,198th in 2019), the 14,538th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,535th in 2019) and the 1,053rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Valerie Plame ranks 6,870 out of 7,302. Before her are Nicole Krauss, Matt Haig, Brigitte Vasallo, Kathrin Schmidt, Scott Westerfeld, and Roya Hakakian. After her are George Monbiot, Rubén Gallego, Petr Zelenka, Elizabeth Kostova, Dora Marsden, and Rachel Cusk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Valerie Plame ranks 759. Before her are Ines Geissler, Silvio Martinello, Sonia Pierre, Monica Frassoni, Chris Ferguson, and Scott Westerfeld. After her are George Monbiot, Susan Walters, Ramon Estevez, Gavin O'Connor, Hugh Dillon, and Peter Schiff.

Others Born in 1963

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Valerie Plame ranks 14,538 out of 20,380. Before her are Jamie Luner (1971), Nicole Sullivan (1970), Daran Norris (1964), Robert Gant (1968), Fannie Ward (1872), and Jad Fair (1954). After her are Rick Snyder (1958), Tony Rice (1951), L.A. Reid (1956), Maiara Walsh (1988), Teresa Graves (1948), and Olivia Palermo (1986).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Valerie Plame ranks 1,053. Before her are Eliezer Yudkowsky (1979), David X. Cohen (1966), Emanuel Pastreich (1964), William Joyce (1959), Nicole Krauss (1974), and Scott Westerfeld (1963). After her are Elizabeth Kostova (1964), Peter Schiff (1963), Catherine Asaro (1955), Raymond Benson (1955), Walter Jon Williams (1953), and Susan Faludi (1959).

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