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Oliver North

1943 - Today

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Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. A veteran of the Vietnam War, North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. It involved the illegal sale of weapons to the Khomeini regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran to encourage the release of American hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second part of the plan, which was to divert proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua, official funding for which had been specifically prohibited under the Boland Amendment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Oliver North is the 13,346th most popular politician (down from 12,439th in 2024), the 5,935th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,837th in 2019) and the 481st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oliver North ranks 13,346 out of 19,576. Before him are Domingo Santa María, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Lucius Aemilius Papus, and Mikhail Katkov. After him are Ğazı I Giray, Givi Javakhishvili, Jacques Soustelle, Bashir ibn Sa'd, Pascoal Mocumbi, and Mirko Marjanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Oliver North ranks 383. Before him are Denílson Custódio Machado, Milan Nenadić, Johnny Hansen, Arturo Ripstein, Mick Jackson, and Sanmao. After him are Hélène Vincent, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Donald Sumpter, John Draper, Perry Christie, and Robert Crumb.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver North ranks 5,935 out of 20,380. Before him are Aileen Riggin (1906), Pharoah Sanders (1940), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Eric Dane (1972), Muggsy Bogues (1965), and Mildred McDaniel (1933). After him are Amanda Bynes (1986), Daniel Silva (1960), Jill Tarter (1944), Stella Stevens (1936), Frank Silva (1950), and Charles Drake (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Oliver North ranks 481. Before him are Ambrose Burnside (1824), Gus Hall (1910), Chuck Hagel (1946), John Lynch (1952), Jay Garner (1938), and Lucretia Garfield (1832). After him are Pete Rose (1941), Robert Zoellick (1953), Henry Knox (1750), Robert Byrd (1917), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), and Dean Phillips (1969).

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