William Colby
Sign in to saveAlso known as William E. Colby, William Egan Colby
American intelligence agent (1920–1996)
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Vinony's link graph records 282 inbound references to William Colby, and connects out to United States Army, France and Sweden.
Vinony files it under 1920 births, 1996 deaths and 20th-century American memoirists.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Honourable Men - My Life in the CIA
- Long Goodbye
- Lost Victory
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1989-03-14
contemporary r&bpoppop soul
Discography
- What You Got2008
- Colby O2008
- Just Dance2008
- Beautiful2009
- What You Waiting For2010
- Like Me2012
- Lean2013
- Turn This Night Around2013
- Come Back2013
- State of Mind2013
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Saint Paul
- Place of death
- Rock Point
- Occupation
- spy
- Position held
- Director of Central Intelligence
- Employer
- Office of Strategic Services
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- William Colby extracted.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
Show 6 more facts
- name in native language
- William Colby
- date of birth
- 1920-01-04
- date of death
- 1996-04-27
- Commons category
- William Colby
- cause of death
- drowning
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
via Wikidata · CC0
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United States Army
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France
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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Ho Chi Minh City
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Fidel Castro
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George H. W. Bush
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Richard Nixon
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Gerald Ford
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Vietnam War
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Tianjin
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Henry Kissinger
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Categories
1920 births1996 deaths20th-century American memoiristsAccidental deaths in MarylandAmerican anti-communistsAmerican expatriates in FranceAmerican expatriates in ItalyAmerican expatriates in NorwayAmerican expatriates in SwedenBurials at Arlington National CemeteryBurlington High School (Vermont) alumniCatholics from MinnesotaCIA personnel of the Vietnam WarCold War CIA chiefsColumbia Law School alumniDeath conspiracy theoriesDeaths by drowning in MarylandDirectors of the Central Intelligence AgencyHistorians of the Vietnam WarPeople appearing on C-SPANPeople of the Office of Strategic ServicesPoliticians from Saint Paul, MinnesotaPrinceton University alumniRecipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal