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Ban Ki-moon

1944 - Today

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Ban Ki-moon (Korean: 반기문; [pan.ɡi.mun]; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 2004 and 2006. Ban was initially considered to be a long shot for the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations; he began to campaign for the office in February 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ban Ki-moon has received more than 6,178,026 page views. His biography is available in 120 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 118 in 2019). Ban Ki-moon is the 6th most popular diplomat (down from 4th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Diplomat.

Ban Ki-moon is most famous for being the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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  • 6.2M

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  • 71.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 120

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Ban Ki-moon ranks 6 out of 52. Before him are Pocahontas, Kofi Annan, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Gaius Marius, and Dag Hammarskjöld. After him are John Jay, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alexandra Kollontai, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Raoul Wallenberg, and Madeleine Albright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ban Ki-moon ranks 4. Before him are Danny DeVito, Gerhard Schröder, and Michael Douglas. After him are Miloš Zeman, George Lucas, Barry White, Jeff Beck, Alexander Van der Bellen, Reinhold Messner, Rutger Hauer, and Ernő Rubik.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon ranks 9 out of 944. Before him are Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), and Chun Doo-hwan (1931). After him are Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), and Yi Sun-sin (1545).

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Among DIPLOMATS In South Korea

Among diplomats born in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon ranks 1. 

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