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Vernon A. Walters

1917 - 2002

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Vernon Anthony Walters (January 3, 1917 – February 10, 2002) was a United States Army officer and a diplomat. Most notably, he served from 1972 to 1976 as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, from 1985 to 1989 as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations and from 1989 to 1991 as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany during the decisive phase of German Reunification. Walters rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vernon A. Walters has received more than 281,821 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Vernon A. Walters is the 14,541st most popular politician (down from 13,286th in 2019), the 6,860th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,253rd in 2019) and the 441st most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vernon A. Walters ranks 14,541 out of 19,576. Before him are Viktor Khristenko, Érik Orsenna, Joseph von Radowitz, Robin Cook, Gamal Mubarak, and Yan Huiqing. After him are Bainbridge Colby, Francis Biddle, K. B. Hedgewar, Cornel Penu, Eduardo Schaerer, and William Colby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Vernon A. Walters ranks 248. Before him are John Berry, Dmitry Polyansky, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Torsten Lindberg, Odd Lundberg, and Juan Tuñas. After him are Edgar Barth, Phyllis Diller, William P. Gottlieb, Durward Knowles, Gösta Andersson, and Kenkichi Iwasawa. Among people deceased in 2002, Vernon A. Walters ranks 226. Before him are Signe Hasso, George Nader, Kevin Smith, Mal Waldron, Indra Devi, and Ong Teng Cheong. After him are John Eriksen, Carmelo Bene, Pasieguito, Tore Svensson, Lotfia Elnadi, and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vernon A. Walters ranks 6,860 out of 20,380. Before him are Johnny Mathis (1935), Fred Hampton (1948), Julian Steward (1902), Avery Brooks (1948), Mark Frost (1953), and Lee Meriwether (1935). After him are Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Casey Kasem (1932), Bainbridge Colby (1869), Hope Davis (1964), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), and William Colby (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Vernon A. Walters ranks 441. Before him are John Rutledge (1739), Richard Lugar (1932), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Hannah Van Buren (1783), Max Baucus (1941), and Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933). After him are Bainbridge Colby (1869), William Colby (1920), Louis McLane (1786), George Moscone (1929), John Forsyth (1780), and William Pinkney (1764).

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