1918 - 2008
Arthur Raymond Chung, OE (10 January 1918 – 23 June 2008) was a Guyanese politician who was the 1st President of Guyana from 1970 to 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 232,916 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Chung is the 11,670th most popular politician (down from 10,261st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Guyana (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Guyanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Arthur Chung ranks 11,670 out of 15,577. Before him are Lutipri, Ion Gigurtu, Maciej Rataj, Juan Lindo, Theodora Komnene, and Kim Campbell. After him are Trần Trọng Kim, Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, Andry Rajoelina, Malcolm Turnbull, John Lilburne, and Siegfried Buback.
850 BC - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,664
1886 - 1959
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,665
1884 - 1940
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,666
1790 - 1857
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,667
1096 - 1200
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,668
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,669
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,670
1883 - 1953
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,671
1149 - 1160
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,672
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,673
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 11,674
1614 - 1657
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 11,675
1920 - 1977
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 11,676
Among people born in 1918, Arthur Chung ranks 162. Before him are Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Robert Ettinger, Pyotr Masherov, Venetia Burney, Suzanne Flon, and Alfredo Ovando Candía. After him are Shinobu Hashimoto, Barry Morse, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Bill Vukovich, Art Carney, and Georges Berger. Among people deceased in 2008, Arthur Chung ranks 162. Before him are Ibrahim Nasir, Sœur Emmanuelle, Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Lydia Shum, and Robert Prosky. After him are Yury Glazkov, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Yuri Rytkheu, Barry Morse, León Febres Cordero, and Prince Ludwig of Bavaria.
1918 - 1996
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 156
1918 - 2011
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 157
1918 - 1980
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 158
1918 - 2009
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 159
1918 - 2005
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 160
1918 - 1982
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 161
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 162
1918 - 2018
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 163
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 164
1918 - 1995
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 165
1918 - 1955
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 166
1918 - 2003
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 167
1918 - 1967
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 168
1926 - 2008
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 156
1908 - 2008
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 157
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 158
1908 - 2008
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 159
1945 - 2008
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 160
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 161
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 162
1939 - 2008
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 163
1928 - 2008
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 164
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 165
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 166
1931 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 167
1913 - 2008
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 168
Among people born in Guyana, Arthur Chung ranks 2 out of 19. Before him are Eddy Grant (1948). After him are David A. Granger (1945), Neil Ritchie (1897), CCH Pounder (1952), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Forbes Burnham (1923), Walter Rodney (1942), and Moses Nagamootoo (1947).
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 1
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 2
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 3
1897 - 1983
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 5
1918 - 1997
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 8
1929 - 2002
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 9
1923 - 1985
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 10
1942 - 1980
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Guyana, Arthur Chung ranks 1. After him are David A. Granger (1945), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Forbes Burnham (1923), Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Bharrat Jagdeo (1964), and Irfaan Ali (1980).
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 1
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 2
1918 - 1997
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 3
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 5
1929 - 2002
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 6
1923 - 1985
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 8
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 10