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Eliot Ness

1903 - 1957

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Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables, handpicked for their incorruptibility. The release of his memoir The Untouchables, months after his death, launched several screen portrayals establishing a posthumous fame for Ness as an incorruptible crime fighter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eliot Ness is the 3,412th most popular politician (up from 4,168th in 2019), the 1,247th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,318th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Politician.

Eliot Ness was a Prohibition agent who is most famous for his work in taking down Al Capone.

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Among politicians, Eliot Ness ranks 3,412 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Alfred Hugenberg, Kuniaki Koiso, Sanghamitta, Antonio José de Sucre, and Georgy Chicherin. After him are Magdalena of France, Emperor Suinin, Alar Karis, Inessa Armand, Abaoji, and Publius Cornelius Dolabella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Eliot Ness ranks 49. Before him are Igor Kurchatov, Matthias Sindelar, Claudette Colbert, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Julius Fučík, and Abul A'la Maududi. After him are Giulio Natta, Bruno Bettelheim, Andrei Grechko, Claudio Arrau, Kenneth Clark, and Georg Elser. Among people deceased in 1957, Eliot Ness ranks 36. Before him are Alfonso de Portago, Maurice Garin, František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and V. Gordon Childe. After him are Erich von Stroheim, Aga Khan III, Henry Norris Russell, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Beniamino Gigli, and Max Ophüls.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eliot Ness ranks 1,247 out of 20,380. Before him are Angelo Badalamenti (1937), R. Lee Ermey (1944), William R. Pogue (1930), John Goodman (1952), Betty Ford (1918), and Brendan Fraser (1968). After him are Mickey Rooney (1920), Leon Festinger (1919), Tom Waits (1949), Robert Benton (1932), John C. Mather (1946), and Wyatt Earp (1848).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Eliot Ness ranks 113. Before him are Frank Caprio (1936), Ted Kennedy (1932), Marco Rubio (1971), Colin Powell (1937), George Papandreou (1952), and Mike Johnson (1972). After him are John Dickinson (1732), Robert Smith (1757), Rudy Giuliani (1944), Michelle Obama (1964), Kevin McCarthy (1965), and Susan Wojcicki (1968).

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