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Philip Agee

1935 - 2008

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Philip Burnett Franklin Agee (; January 19, 1935 – January 7, 2008) was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer and writer of the 1975 bestseller, Inside the Company: CIA Diary, detailing his experiences in the Agency. Agee joined the CIA in 1957, and over the next decade had postings in Washington, D.C., Ecuador, Uruguay and Mexico. After resigning from the CIA in 1968, he became a leading opponent of its practices. A co-founder of the CounterSpy and CovertAction series of periodicals, he died in Cuba in January 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Agee is the 5,597th most popular writer (down from 5,193rd in 2019), the 8,983rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,460th in 2019) and the 663rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Philip Agee ranks 5,597 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Herrick, Martin Cruz Smith, Thomas Linacre, Fatos Arapi, Conrad Hall, and Lester del Rey. After him are Marianne Williamson, Gevorg Emin, John Norman, Patrick Chamoiseau, Karl Leberecht Immermann, and William Martin Leake.

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Among people born in 1935, Philip Agee ranks 423. Before him are Dariush Shayegan, Enzo Robotti, Story Musgrave, Boris Stenin, Kazimierz Paździor, and Andrew Viterbi. After him are Malcolm Bilson, Laurynas Stankevičius, Núria Espert, Carlo Facetti, Avtandil Koridze, and James Cotton. Among people deceased in 2008, Philip Agee ranks 296. Before him are Omar Caetano, Albin Planinc, Antonio José González Zumárraga, Jesse Helms, Mira Alečković, and Rudolf Illovszky. After him are Neal Hefti, Finn Haunstoft, Witold Woyda, Lilyan Chauvin, Péter Baczakó, and Helmut Zilk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Agee ranks 8,985 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Torre (1940), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Martin Mull (1943), Blanche Sweet (1896), Stubby Kaye (1918), and Lester del Rey (1915). After him are Karl Taylor Compton (1887), Alexander Berzin (1944), Marianne Williamson (1952), Barbara Bonney (1956), Nick Anderson (1968), and John R. Commons (1862).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Philip Agee ranks 663. Before him are James C. Collins (1958), Norman Cousins (1915), Warren Farrell (1943), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Martin Cruz Smith (1942), and Lester del Rey (1915). After him are Marianne Williamson (1952), John Norman (1931), Kenneth Copeland (1936), Ring Lardner (1885), Ted Chiang (1967), and Tony Kushner (1956).

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