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George Koval

1913 - 2006

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George Abramovich Koval (Russian: Жорж (Георгий) Абрамович Коваль, IPA: [ˈʐorʐ (ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj) ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈvalʲ] , Zhorzh Abramovich Koval; December 25, 1913 – January 31, 2006) was an American engineer who acted as a Soviet intelligence officer for the Soviet atomic bomb project. Koval's infiltration of the Manhattan Project as a GRU (Soviet military intelligence) agent reduced the time it took for the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons. Koval was born in Sioux City, Iowa to Jewish emigrants from the part of the Russian Empire that is now Belarus. As an adult, he traveled with his parents to the Soviet Union to settle in the Jewish Autonomous Region near the Chinese border. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Koval is the 9,595th most popular politician (down from 9,097th in 2019), the 3,636th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,102nd in 2019) and the 309th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Koval ranks 9,595 out of 19,576. Before him are Christine of Saxony, Caratacus, Joaquín Almunia, Donald Maclean, Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, and José Calvo Sotelo. After him are Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, Alexander Shelepin, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Charles Rogier, Holger Nielsen, and Eleanor of Arborea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, George Koval ranks 140. Before him are Waldemar de Brito, Gisela Mauermayer, Andre DeToth, Malietoa Tanumafili II, Eiji Toyoda, and Donald Maclean. After him are Richard Tucker, Véra Clouzot, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Alfonso López Michelsen, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, and Nicolas Grunitzky. Among people deceased in 2006, George Koval ranks 140. Before him are William Auld, Basil Poledouris, Richard Kuklinski, Gérard Oury, Gennadiy Aygi, and Jack Williamson. After him are Rocío Dúrcal, Trevor Berbick, Carl Brashear, Wilson Pickett, Allan Kaprow, and Shin Sang-ok.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Koval ranks 3,636 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold Perrineau (1963), Tyler, the Creator (1991), Geoffrey Lewis (1935), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Morris Swadesh (1909), and Maxie Long (1878). After him are Royal Rife (1888), John Anderson (1907), Barry Manilow (1943), Terence McKenna (1946), Alan Perlis (1922), and Leonard Susskind (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Koval ranks 309. Before him are Bob Casey Jr. (1960), Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), John Carney (1956), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Doug Jones (1954), and David Axelrod (1955). After him are Mangas Coloradas (1792), Dean Rusk (1909), Winfield Scott (1786), Bill Walker (1951), Edith Head (1897), and Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872).

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