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Allen Dulles

1893 - 1969

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Allen Welsh Dulles ( DUL-iss; April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American lawyer who was the first civilian director of central intelligence (DCI), and its longest serving director. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War, he oversaw numerous activities, such as the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, the Project MKUltra mind control program, and the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. As a result of the failed invasion of Cuba, Dulles was forced to resign by President John F. Kennedy and was replaced with John McCone for the remainder of the Kennedy administration. Following his resignation, Dulles was appointed to the Warren Commission tasked with investigating President Kennedy's assassination. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Dulles is the 1,092nd most popular politician (up from 3,851st in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,222nd in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Politician.

Allen Dulles was the director of the CIA from 1953 to 1961. He is most famous for overseeing the CIA's failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, and for his involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Among politicians, Allen Dulles ranks 1,092 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand VII of Spain, Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Roger II of Sicily, Boris III of Bulgaria, Ottokar II of Bohemia, and Hassan Rouhani. After him are Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Handan Sultan, Wilhelm Pieck, Gediminas, Saud of Saudi Arabia, and Clara Petacci.

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Among people born in 1893, Allen Dulles ranks 10. Before him are Ip Man, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Walter Ulbricht, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Leslie Howard. After him are Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Alexander of Greece, Carol II of Romania, Soong Ching-ling, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, and Edward Adelbert Doisy. Among people deceased in 1969, Allen Dulles ranks 16. Before him are Walter Gropius, Franz von Papen, Zakir Husain, Sharon Tate, C. F. Powell, and Kliment Voroshilov. After him are Saud of Saudi Arabia, Liu Shaoqi, Jan Palach, Rocky Marciano, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, and Iskander Mirza.

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Among people born in United States, Allen Dulles ranks 349 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Petty (1950), Zachary Taylor (1784), John Howard Northrop (1891), Clinton Davisson (1881), Golden State Killer (1945), and Jay Leno (1950). After him are Buzz Aldrin (1930), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Maria Branyas (1907), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Quentin Tarantino (1963), and John B. Watson (1878).

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Among politicians born in United States, Allen Dulles ranks 56. Before him are Steve Bannon (1953), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Edith Roosevelt (1861), Andrew Johnson (1808), Henry Clay (1777), and Zachary Taylor (1784). After him are James A. Garfield (1831), Bernie Sanders (1941), William Howard Taft (1857), Warren G. Harding (1865), Franklin Pierce (1804), and Sarah Palin (1964).

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