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Charles Colson

1931 - 2012

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Charles Wendell Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012), generally referred to as Chuck Colson, was an American attorney and political advisor who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. Once known as President Nixon's "hatchet man", Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal, for being named as one of the Watergate Seven and also for pleading guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. In 1974, Colson served seven months in the federal Maxwell Prison in Alabama, as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges. His mid-life religious conversion sparked a radical life change that led to the founding of his non-profit ministry Prison Fellowship and, three years later, Prison Fellowship International, to a focus on Christian worldview teaching and training around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Colson is the 16,950th most popular politician (down from 16,473rd in 2019), the 10,893rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,894th in 2019) and the 828th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Charles Colson ranks 16,950 out of 19,576. Before him are Elmar Mammadyarov, Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, Maria das Neves, Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, Kenas Aroi, and Tom Mulcair. After him are Ljubčo Georgievski, Thomas Fitzsimons, Harold Nicolson, Guillermo Fariñas, Per Stig Møller, and Serik Akhmetov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Charles Colson ranks 553. Before him are Bogumił Kobiela, Anatoly Lein, Boris Gurevich, Thelma Kalama, Nadja Regin, and Catherine Tizard. After him are Martin Milner, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Anne Heywood, Robert Fowler, Zoltán Huszárik, and Bassano Staffieri. Among people deceased in 2012, Charles Colson ranks 419. Before him are Fidélis, J. J. C. Smart, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Doc Watson, Phyllis Thaxter, and Earl Scruggs. After him are Mike Sparken, Héctor Camacho, Salvador Reyes Monteón, Ronald Stretton, Maja Bošković-Stulli, and Manuel Preciado Rebolledo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Colson ranks 10,895 out of 20,380. Before him are Earl Scruggs (1924), Emile Hirsch (1985), Elliott Coues (1842), Mick Garris (1951), Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861), and Brad Delp (1951). After him are James Young (1872), Eric Mabius (1971), Peyton List (1986), Aaron Stanford (1976), Anna Chlumsky (1980), and Lesli Linka Glatter (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Charles Colson ranks 828. Before him are Max Baucus (1941), Edward Brooke (1919), Keen Johnson (1896), Stanley Wagner (1908), Francis Hopkinson (1737), and G. William Miller (1925). After him are Ted Kaufman (1939), Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1946), Spencer Cox (1975), Lester Bird (1938), Ken Salazar (1955), and Richard A. Falk (1930).

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