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Benjamin Mkapa

1938 - 2020

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Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 1938 – 24 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Mkapa has received more than 425,637 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Mkapa is the 7,784th most popular politician (down from 5,348th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 7,784 out of 15,577Before him are Azarmidokht, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Mstislav of Chernigov, Vladislav I of Wallachia, and Ivo Sanader. After him are Arturo Frondizi, Rostislav I of Kiev, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Andrés Rodríguez, and Senjūrō Hayashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 158Before him are Giant Baba, Sjaak Swart, Bernadette Lafont, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Vakhtang Kikabidze, and Patrick Bauchau. After him are Paul Martin, Larisa Shepitko, Vasyl Stus, Ahmed Qurei, Klaus Voormann, and William B. Davis. Among people deceased in 2020, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 143Before him are Paik Sun-yup, Borys Paton, Michel Hidalgo, Robert Conrad, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, and Linda Cristal. After him are Vyacheslav Kebich, Mario Bunge, Trini Lopez, Frances E. Allen, Ilija Petković, and Agne Simonsson.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 6 out of 32Before him are Freddie Mercury (1946), Julius Nyerere (1922), Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948), Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), and Tippu Tip (1837). After him are Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), John Magufuli (1959), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), and Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834).

Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 4Before him are Julius Nyerere (1922), Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), and Tippu Tip (1837). After him are Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), John Magufuli (1959), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Mizengo Pinda (1948), and Kassim Majaliwa (1961).