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Arthur Chung

1918 - 2008

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Arthur Raymond Chung (10 January 1918 – 23 June 2008) was President of Guyana from 17 March 1970 to 6 October 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese (Chinese Caribbean) to be head of state in a non-Asian country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Chung has received more than 273,021 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Arthur Chung is the 8,490th most popular politician (up from 11,635th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Guyana and the 2nd most popular Guyanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 61.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Chung ranks 8,490 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Agum II, Helen of Bosnia, and Jānis K. Bērziņš. After him are Robert II, Count of Dreux, Eucratides I, Jia Yi, King Xiao of Zhou, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, and Nicholas Aylward Vigors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Arthur Chung ranks 108. Before him are Kazu Naoki, Bebo Valdés, Ian Stevenson, Joseph Wiseman, Aldo van Eyck, and Borys Paton. After him are George Lincoln Rockwell, Helmut Lent, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Robert Walker, Bobby Riggs, and Raimon Panikkar. Among people deceased in 2008, Arthur Chung ranks 101. Before him are Paul Frère, Claude Piron, Marcial Maciel, Estelle Getty, Sofiko Chiaureli, and Pak Song-chol. After him are Mitch Mitchell, Albert Cossery, Vice Vukov, Charles Tilly, Dora Ratjen, and Suzanne Pleshette.

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In Guyana

Among people born in Guyana, Arthur Chung ranks 2 out of 24. Before him are David A. Granger (1945). After him are Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Eddy Grant (1948), CCH Pounder (1952), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Neil Ritchie (1897), Forbes Burnham (1923), Irfaan Ali (1980), and Moses Nagamootoo (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guyana

Among politicians born in Guyana, Arthur Chung ranks 2. Before him are David A. Granger (1945). After him are Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Forbes Burnham (1923), Irfaan Ali (1980), Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Mark Phillips (1961), Bharrat Jagdeo (1964), and Hamilton Green (1934).

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