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William Colby

1920 - 1996

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William Egan Colby (January 4, 1920 – May 6, 1996) was an American intelligence officer who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976. During World War II, Colby served with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war, he joined the newly created Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Colby has received more than 1,172,349 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Colby is the 14,547th most popular politician (down from 14,318th in 2019), the 6,866th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,673rd in 2019) and the 443rd most popular American Politician.

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  • 47.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Colby ranks 14,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Vernon A. Walters, Bainbridge Colby, Francis Biddle, K. B. Hedgewar, Cornel Penu, and Eduardo Schaerer. After him are Louis McLane, Li Xi, Erich Mende, John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, Gianfranco Terenzi, and Zoran Tegeltija.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, William Colby ranks 311. Before him are George Herbig, Bai Yang, Roy Jenkins, Mary Boyce, Irving Kristol, and Raisa Aronova. After him are Ted Fujita, Vincentas Sladkevičius, Olle Åhlund, Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Mario Cecchi Gori, and Neville Brand. Among people deceased in 1996, William Colby ranks 236. Before him are Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Bill Monroe, Jonathan Larson, Antonio Creus, Anni Steuer, and Marin Sorescu. After him are Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Hrant Shahinyan, Wálter Guevara, Olle Åhlund, Latifa al-Zayyat, and Pavel Solovyov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Colby ranks 6,866 out of 20,380. Before him are Vernon A. Walters (1917), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Casey Kasem (1932), Bainbridge Colby (1869), Hope Davis (1964), and Conlon Nancarrow (1912). After him are Louis McLane (1786), Phyllis Diller (1917), William Schuman (1910), Dove Cameron (1996), Mark Lanegan (1964), and Keri Russell (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Colby ranks 443. Before him are William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Hannah Van Buren (1783), Max Baucus (1941), Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Vernon A. Walters (1917), and Bainbridge Colby (1869). After him are Louis McLane (1786), George Moscone (1929), John Forsyth (1780), William Pinkney (1764), Rahm Emanuel (1959), and Bill de Blasio (1961).

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