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Richard Helms

1913 - 2002

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Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was an American government official, intelligence officer and diplomat who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973 and as United States Ambassador to Iran from 1973 to 1976. Helms served in the Office of Strategic Services, a wartime predecessor to the CIA, in Europe during World War II. After the war, he returned to Washington, DC, to become one of the founding officers of the CIA. Following the 1947 creation of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he rose in its ranks during the presidencies of Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. Helms then was DCI under Presidents Johnson and Nixon, yielding to James R. Schlesinger in early 1973. During his tenure as head of the CIA under presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, Helms oversaw the agency's involvement in the Vietnam War, Six Day War, and efforts to undermine Chilean president Salvador Allende. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Helms is the 14,378th most popular politician (down from 13,150th in 2024), the 6,853rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,433rd in 2019) and the 543rd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Richard Helms ranks 14,379 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrés Martínez Trueba, Leabua Jonathan, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Paul Eyschen, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Eugenio Montero Ríos, and Luis José de Orbegoso. After him are Sylvie Kinigi, Kang Kyung-wha, Geraldine Ferraro, Lucius Aurelius Cotta, and Oscar Temaru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Richard Helms ranks 247. Before him are Herbert Runge, Ferenc Csik, Halima Nosirova, Willy Vandersteen, Reinhard Hardegen, and Audrey Brown. After him are Milivoj Ašner, Mira Lobe, Amado Azar, Hans Schwartz, Vince Lombardi, and Ulderico Sergo. Among people deceased in 2002, Richard Helms ranks 216. Before him are Kaisa Parviainen, Raymond Firth, Oskar Sala, Francisco Cabañas, Leopold Vietoris, and Nils Bohlin. After him are Ruth Williams Khama, Eddie Meduza, Milton Berle, Norihito, Prince Takamado, Michel Boisrond, and Mikhail Devyataev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 6,856 out of 20,380. Before him are George Dole (1885), Carol Morris (1936), Kevin S. Bright (1954), Buddy Ebsen (1908), Linda Cardellini (1975), Julia Ward Howe (1819), and Mildred Gillars (1900). After him are Bellamy Young (1970), Jerry Buss (1933), Joseph Hooker (1814), John Baldessari (1931), and Geraldine Ferraro (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Richard Helms ranks 543. Before him are Rick Perry (1950), Josh Hawley (1979), Timothy Pickering (1745), Edward Livingston (1764), Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), and Juan Trippe (1899). After him are Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Stephen F. Austin (1793), Ben Sasse (1972), John W. Foster (1836), Bainbridge Colby (1869), and Bill Richardson (1947).

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