Politician

B. J. Habibie

3rd President of Indonesia and 7th Vice President of Indonesia

1936 - 2019

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His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2024). B. J. Habibie is the 2,911th most popular politician (down from 2,487th in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from Indonesia and the 7th most popular Indonesian Politician.

B. J. Habibie is most famous for being the president of Indonesia in 1998.

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B. J. Habibie ranks #8 among 242 people in Pantheon born in Indonesia, inside the top 4% of that group.

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B. J. Habibie's biography appears in 67 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Politicians.

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B. J. Habibie's biography was added to 5 new Wikipedia language editions in the past year.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, B. J. Habibie ranks 2,910 out of 20,022. Before him are Lazarus Chakwera, John Sherman, Sergey Shoygu, Milton Obote, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and Khaba. After him are Rama I, Yuan Shu, Algirdas Brazauskas, Philip the Tetrarch, Fausta, and Alix of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, B. J. Habibie ranks 47. Before him are Tariq Aziz, Buddy Holly, Michael Landon, Émile Lahoud, Yasuo Fukuda, and Burt Reynolds. After him are Benedict Anderson, Albert Finney, Kenneth G. Wilson, Kris Kristofferson, Ferid Murad, and Frank Caprio. Among people deceased in 2019, B. J. Habibie ranks 40. Before him are Demetris Christofias, Michel Legrand, David Koch, Bibi Andersson, Gordon Banks, and Robert Evans. After him are Prem Tinsulanonda, Albert Finney, René Auberjonois, Ratko Janev, Li Peng, and Lee Radziwill.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, B. J. Habibie ranks 8 out of 242. Before him are Suharto (1921), Willem Einthoven (1860), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), and Joko Widodo (1961). After him are Prabowo Subianto (1951), Anthony Fokker (1890), Laura Gemser (1950), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), and Kartini (1879).

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Among Politicians In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, B. J. Habibie ranks 7. Before him are Sukarno (1901), Suharto (1921), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), and Joko Widodo (1961). After him are Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), Adam Malik (1917), and Tan Malaka (1897).

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