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Benjamin Sheares

1907 - 1981

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Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private practice before being elected as the president of Singapore by the Parliament after the death of Yusof Ishak, the former president of the Republic, on 23 November 1970. He was sworn in on 2 January 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Sheares has received more than 374,500 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Sheares is the 14,329th most popular politician (down from 12,571st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Singapore (down from 11th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Singaporean Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Benjamin Sheares by language

Over the past year Benjamin Sheares has had the most page views in the with 88,051 views, followed by Chinese (11,237), and Indonesian (3,021). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (74.40%), Korean (69.87%), and English (67.11%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benjamin Sheares ranks 14,329 out of 19,576. Before him are Walter Behrendt, Jean Batten, Hrvoje Horvat, Isaak Zelensky, Sarduri IV, and Dominique Mbonyumutwa. After him are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Henri Alexis Brialmont, Joaquín Suárez, Kim Hwang-sik, František Ladislav Rieger, and José Gregorio Monagas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Benjamin Sheares ranks 272. Before him are Crisant Bosch, Andrei Glanzmann, Raymond Abellio, Walter Nausch, George Baird, and Reino Kuuskoski. After him are Vitaliano Brancati, Leigh Harline, Adelaide Lambert, Ethel Lackie, Eugène Chaboud, and Eugène Guillevic. Among people deceased in 1981, Benjamin Sheares ranks 184. Before him are Constantin Rădulescu, Cláudio Coutinho, Nils Asther, Sergio Amidei, Crisant Bosch, and Gustaf Dyrssen. After him are Aleksandra Beļcova, Esteban Canal, Julio Quintana, Bob Hite, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and Mary Lou Williams.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Benjamin Sheares ranks 15 out of 42. Before him are Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), and Julia Nickson (1958). After him are Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Leslie Charteris (1907), Terry Butcher (1958), Edward Craven Walker (1918), Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), and Fann Wong (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, Benjamin Sheares ranks 12. Before him are Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and Ho Ching (1953). After him are Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), and David Marshall (1908).

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