1883 - 1955
Alexandros Papagos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek army officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek career officer to rise to the rank of Field Marshal, Papagos became the first Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff from 1950 until his resignation the following year. He then entered politics, founding the nationalist Greek Rally party and becoming the country's Prime Minister after his victory in the 1952 elections. His premiership was shaped by the Cold War and the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, and was defined by several key events, including Greece becoming a member of NATO; U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandros Papagos has received more than 190,789 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Alexandros Papagos is the 4,225th most popular politician (down from 4,163rd in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Greece (up from 270th in 2019) and the 112th most popular Greek Politician.
Alexandros Papagos was a Greek general who led Greece in World War II. He was most famous for leading Greece to victory in the Greco-Italian War and the Battle of the Metaxas Line.
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Among politicians, Alexandros Papagos ranks 4,225 out of 15,577. Before him are Fuad II of Egypt, Zhu Wen, Huo Qubing, Leopold, Duke of Bavaria, Machaon, and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. After him are Sancho II of Pamplona, 4th Dalai Lama, Guthrum, Neferure, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, and Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4,219
852 - 912
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4,220
140 BC - 117 BC
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4,221
1108 - 1141
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4,222
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 4,223
1612 - 1651
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,224
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,225
938 - 994
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,226
1589 - 1617
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,227
830 - 890
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,228
1500 BC - 1500 BC
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,229
1698 - 1738
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,230
1943 - 2006
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,231
Among people born in 1883, Alexandros Papagos ranks 54. Before him are Joseph Pilates, Rudolf Weigl, Marie Laurencin, Adolph Joffe, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, and Ida Rubinstein. After him are José Clemente Orozco, Erich Heckel, Kenji Doihara, Ivan Meštrović, Nikolay Krestinsky, and Richard von Mises. Among people deceased in 1955, Alexandros Papagos ranks 39. Before him are Michael Chekhov, Mihály Károlyi, Yves Tanguy, Garegin Nzhdeh, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Princess Clémentine of Belgium. After him are Léon Werth, Pierre Levegh, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Theda Bara, Max Pechstein, and Nicolas de Staël.
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 48
1883 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 49
1883 - 1956
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 50
1883 - 1927
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 51
1883 - 1942
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 52
1883 - 1960
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 53
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 54
1883 - 1949
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 55
1883 - 1970
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 56
1883 - 1948
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 57
1883 - 1962
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 58
1883 - 1938
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 59
1883 - 1953
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 60
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 33
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 34
1900 - 1955
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 35
1886 - 1955
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 36
1876 - 1955
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 37
1872 - 1955
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 38
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 39
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 40
1905 - 1955
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 41
1869 - 1955
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 42
1885 - 1955
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 43
1881 - 1955
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 44
1914 - 1955
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 45
Among people born in Greece, Alexandros Papagos ranks 265 out of 936. Before him are Anaxandridas II (-565), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Erasistratus (-303), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Cyril Lucaris (1572), and Machaon (null). After him are Theaetetus (-417), Arsinoe I (-305), Callias II (-515), Conon (-401), Euphronios (-520), and Yanni (1954).
565 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 259
1778 - 1827
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 260
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 261
390 BC - 294 BC
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 262
1572 - 1638
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 263
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 264
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 265
417 BC - 369 BC
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 266
305 BC - 248 BC
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 267
515 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 268
401 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 269
520 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 270
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 271
Among politicians born in Greece, Alexandros Papagos ranks 112. Before him are Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Agis I (-957), Theramenes (-450), Anaxandridas II (-565), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), and Machaon (null). After him are Callias II (-515), Euphronios (-520), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Andocides (-440), and Pausanias of Sparta (null).
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 106
957 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 107
450 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 108
565 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 109
390 BC - 294 BC
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 110
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 111
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 112
515 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 113
520 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 114
1453 - 1502
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 115
1903 - 1997
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 116
440 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 117
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 118