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William Colby

1920 - 1996

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William Egan Colby (January 4, 1920 – May 6, 1996) was an American intelligence officer who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976. During World War II, Colby served with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war, he joined the newly created Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Before and during the Vietnam War, Colby served as chief of station in Saigon, chief of the CIA's Far East Division, and head of the Civil Operations and Rural Development effort and oversaw the Phoenix Program. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Colby is the 15,797th most popular politician (down from 14,544th in 2019), the 8,734th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,865th in 2019) and the 665th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, William Colby ranks 15,797 out of 19,576. Before him are Joseph Saidu Momoh, Antonio Cubillo, Georges Spénale, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Nagamichi Kuroda, and David Dinkins. After him are Zhou Xiaochuan, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Wuffa of East Anglia, Vladimir Medinsky, Antoni Macierewicz, and Richard Neal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, William Colby ranks 370. Before him are Cecilia Colledge, Ingemar Hedberg, Hemanta Mukherjee, Vera Ralston, Mariya Smirnova, and Ralph Meeker. After him are William Tenn, Osamu Hayaishi, Bella Abzug, Stan Musial, Leonid Shvartsman, and Antoinette Meyer. Among people deceased in 1996, William Colby ranks 274. Before him are Sarah Palfrey Cooke, Ennio de Giorgi, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Oswald Szemerényi, Hamlet Mkhitaryan, and McLean Stevenson. After him are Guy Madison, Ivan Jazbinšek, Gilles Grangier, Mavuba Mafuila, Viktor Konovalenko, and Henri Lepage.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Colby ranks 8,736 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter S. Beagle (1939), Daniel Mann (1912), Lizzy Caplan (1982), Travis Knight (1973), David Dinkins (1927), and George M. Cohan (1878). After him are Carla Laemmle (1909), Vivica A. Fox (1964), Ramsey Lewis (1935), David Weber (1952), Jeffrey Williams (1958), and Richard Neal (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Colby ranks 665. Before him are Doug Burgum (1956), Tom Hayden (1939), Nikki Haley (1972), William Livingston (1723), Dick Durbin (1944), and David Dinkins (1927). After him are Richard Neal (1949), Richard Henry Lee (1732), Jim McGovern (1959), Lee Friedlander (1934), Bella Abzug (1920), and Kari Lake (1969).

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