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Whittaker Chambers

1901 - 1961

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Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer and intelligence agent. After early years as a Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet spy (1932–1938), he defected from the Soviet underground (1938), worked for Time magazine (1939–1948), and then testified about the Ware Group in what became the Hiss case for perjury (1949–1950), often referred to as the trial of the century, all described in his 1952 memoir Witness. Afterwards, he worked as a senior editor at National Review (1957–1959). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Whittaker Chambers has received more than 981,456 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Whittaker Chambers is the 5,425th most popular writer (down from 4,895th in 2019), the 8,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,046th in 2019) and the 696th most popular American Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

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  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Whittaker Chambers ranks 5,425 out of 5,755. Before him are Samuel Benchetrit, Timur Vermes, Serhiy Zhadan, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Akiva Goldsman, and Pat Barker. After him are Robin Morgan, Kjell Ola Dahl, Delfina Bunge, Claude Esteban, Dafydd ap Gwilym, and Margaret Drabble.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Whittaker Chambers ranks 284. Before him are Katri Vala, Frank Buckles, Ben Lyon, Ivan Petrovsky, Paolo Mazza, and Brian Donlevy. After him are Mildred Wiley, Pedro Benítez, Leon Shamroy, Jimmy Gallagher, Francisco Guilledo, and George Moorhouse. Among people deceased in 1961, Whittaker Chambers ranks 163. Before him are Ruth Chatterton, Romeo Neri, Susanna M. Salter, Augustus John, Jean Piot, and William Z. Foster. After him are Gail Russell, Earle Page, Victor d'Arcy, Augusto Barcía Trelles, Howard P. Robertson, and Clarence Pinkston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 8,859 out of 18,182. Before him are Alphonso Johnson (1951), Henry Hartsfield (1933), Steve Cochran (1917), Krista Allen (1971), Akiva Goldsman (1962), and Charlie Weber (1978). After him are Randy Weston (1926), Robin Morgan (1941), Francis George (1937), Eddie Floyd (1937), Chris Connor (1927), and Don Dokken (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 696. Before him are Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Max Eastman (1883), Michael Blake (1945), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Winston Churchill (1871), and Akiva Goldsman (1962). After him are Robin Morgan (1941), Robert B. Sherman (1925), Kristin Hannah (1960), John Jakes (1932), Kenneth Burke (1897), and Armistead Maupin (1944).

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