1938 - 2020
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.
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Among politicians, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 7,784 out of 15,577. Before 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.
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 7,778
1568 - 1625
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 7,779
1587 - 1626
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 7,780
983 - 1036
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 7,781
1325 - 1377
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 7,782
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 7,783
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 7,784
1908 - 1995
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 7,785
1110 - 1167
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 7,786
1538 - 1577
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 7,787
1332 - 1398
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 7,788
1923 - 1997
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 7,789
1876 - 1943
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 7,790
Among people born in 1938, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 158. Before 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 143. Before 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.
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 152
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 153
1938 - 2013
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 154
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 155
1938 - 2023
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 156
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 157
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 158
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 159
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 160
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 161
1938 - 2023
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 162
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 163
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 164
1920 - 2020
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 137
1918 - 2020
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 138
1933 - 2020
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 139
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 140
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 141
1934 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 142
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 143
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 144
1919 - 2020
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 145
1937 - 2020
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 146
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 147
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 148
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 149
Among people born in Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 6 out of 32. Before 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).
1946 - 1991
HPI: 87.01
Rank: 1
1922 - 1999
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 3
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 4
1837 - 1905
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 5
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 6
1874 - 1927
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 7
1925 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 10
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 11
1834 - 1870
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 4. Before 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).
1922 - 1999
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 1
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 2
1837 - 1905
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 3
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 4
1874 - 1927
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 5
1925 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 7
1959 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 8
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 9
1834 - 1870
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 10
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 12