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Richard Armitage

1945 - 2025

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Richard Lee Armitage (April 26, 1945 – April 13, 2025) was an American diplomat and government official. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Armitage served as a U.S. Navy officer in three combat tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a riverine warfare advisor. After leaving active duty, he served in a number of civil-service roles under Republican administrations. He worked as an aide to Senator Bob Dole before serving in various posts in the Defense Department and State Department. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Armitage is the 46th most popular diplomat (up from 71st in 2019), the 3,518th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,449th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Richard Armitage ranks 46 out of 90. Before him are Porfirio Rubirosa, Mikhail Borodin, Richard Holbrooke, Friedrich Martens, Martin Luther, and Amr Moussa. After him are Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Ralph Bunche, Saburō Kurusu, Damião de Góis, Victoria Nuland, and Ambrogio Contarini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Richard Armitage ranks 223. Before him are Dennis Nilsen, Pat Riley, Don McLean, Leonid Popov, Curtis Hanson, and Douglas Hofstadter. After him are Basil Poledouris, Stephen Stills, Francesca Annis, Wilfried Van Moer, Roger Chartier, and Panagiotis Pikrammenos. Among people deceased in 2025, Richard Armitage ranks 118. Before him are Fred Newhouse, Vijay Rupani, José Carlos, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, John Sykes, and Ferenc Mohácsi. After him are Ayla Erduran, Joe Don Baker, Mike Ratledge, Harris Yulin, Muhammad az-Zanati, and Marcel Ophüls.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Armitage ranks 3,518 out of 20,380. Before him are Billie Burke (1884), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Cheech Marin (1946), Charles Lane (1905), Tom McCarthy (1966), and Fanny Bullock Workman (1859). After him are Steve Blum (1960), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Ace Frehley (1951), Dolores Costello (1903), Fred Kelly (1891), and Estelle Getty (1923).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United States

Among diplomats born in United States, Richard Armitage ranks 12. Before him are Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), George F. Kennan (1904), William J. Burns (1956), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Dean Acheson (1893), and Richard Holbrooke (1941). After him are Ralph Bunche (1904), Victoria Nuland (1961), Joseph Grew (1880), Edward M. House (1858), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), and Wendy Sherman (1949).

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