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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow

1921 - 2024

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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow GCIH (20 March 1921 – 24 September 2024) was a Senegalese civil servant and Director-General of UNESCO. M'bow served in France and North Africa during World War II after volunteering for the French Army, also serving with the Free French, and finally in the French Air Force. After the end of the war, he studied geography at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow has received more than 64,274 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow is the 11,930th most popular politician (down from 10,953rd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Senegal and the 5th most popular Senegalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 11,930 out of 19,576. Before him are Dimitrie Sturdza, Alfons Gorbach, Pedro Carmona, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Richard, Count of Étampes, and Yunus Khan. After him are Miroslav Lajčák, Yangwon of Goguryeo, Ali Akbar Salehi, Hugh IV of Cyprus, Winfried Kretschmann, and Publius Cornelius Cethegus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 219. Before him are Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Jetty Paerl, Leo Penn, Samuel T. Cohen, Henri Alleg, and Brian Keith. After him are Jean Robic, Kathleen Antonelli, Kazimierz Górski, Gaston Rébuffat, Gunnar Eriksson, and Sune Andersson. Among people deceased in 2024, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 213. Before him are Bora Đorđević, Mykhaylo Fomenko, Liam Payne, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Roland Dumas, and Stefan Abadzhiev. After him are John Bruton, Muhammed Faris, Paul Alexander, Yukio Kasaya, Damo Suzuki, and Jorge Griffa.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 16 out of 138. Before him are Sadio Mané (1992), Patrice Evra (1981), Mariama Bâ (1929), Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), Lamine Diack (1933), and Souleymane Sané (1961). After him are Aliou Cissé (1976), Papa Bouba Diop (1978), Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), and Safi Faye (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Senegal

Among politicians born in Senegal, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 5. Before him are Ségolène Royal (1953), Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Macky Sall (1961), and Abdou Diouf (1935). After him are Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), Habib Thiam (1933), Fatma Samoura (1962), Mahammed Dionne (1959), and Aminata Touré (1962).

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