1921 - Today
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, GCIH (born 20 March 1921) is a Senegalese retired civil servant and former Director-General of UNESCO. Born in Dakar, 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 36,870 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow is the 9,215th most popular politician (up from 10,185th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 14th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Senegalese Politician.
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Among politicians, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 9,215 out of 15,710. Before him are Lauri Ingman, Remismund, John II Orsini, Frans Timmermans, Bo Yibo, and Francesc Cambó. After him are Ernst Wollweber, M. Visvesvaraya, Aman Andom, Lipit-Ishtar, Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus.
1868 - 1934
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 9,209
500 - 469
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 9,210
1300 - 1335
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 9,211
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 9,212
1908 - 2007
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,213
1876 - 1947
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,214
1921 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,215
1898 - 1967
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,216
1861 - 1962
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,217
1924 - 1974
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,218
1890 BC - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,219
1088 - 1120
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 9,220
1 BC - 42
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 9,221
Among people born in 1921, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 169. Before him are Giorgio Strehler, Georges Wilson, Gitta Sereny, Georgy Beregovoy, Vasco Gonçalves, and P. V. Narasimha Rao. After him are Judy Holliday, Juan Zambudio Velasco, Branko Stanković, Joseph A. Walker, Hans Albert, and Søren Kam.
1921 - 1997
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 163
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 164
1921 - 2012
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 165
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 166
1921 - 2005
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 167
1921 - 2004
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 168
1921 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 169
1921 - 1965
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 170
1921 - 2004
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 171
1921 - 2002
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 172
1921 - 1966
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 173
1921 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 174
1921 - 2015
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 175
Among people born in Senegal, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 11 out of 97. Before him are Ousmane Sembène (1923), Patrick Vieira (1976), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Macky Sall (1961), and Lamine Diack (1933). After him are Mariama Bâ (1929), Patrice Evra (1981), Sadio Mané (1992), Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936), Aminata Sow Fall (1941), and Mame Madior Boye (1940).
1923 - 2007
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 5
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 7
1923 - 1986
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 9
1933 - Present
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 10
1921 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 11
1929 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 12
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 13
1992 - Present
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 14
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 16
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in Senegal, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 5. Before him are Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Abdou Diouf (1935), Ségolène Royal (1953), and Macky Sall (1961). After him are Mame Madior Boye (1940), Habib Thiam (1933), Mahammed Dionne (1959), Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951), Aminata Touré (1962), Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958), and Rama Yade (1976).
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 1
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 2
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 4
1921 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 6
1933 - 2017
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 11
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 12