1907 - 1981
Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private practice before being elected as the president of Singapore by the Parliament after the death of Yusof Ishak, the former president of the Republic, on 23 November 1970. He was sworn in on 2 January 1971. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Sheares has received more than 364,348 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Benjamin Sheares is the 12,614th most popular politician (down from 12,158th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Singapore and the 9th most popular Singaporean Politician.
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Among politicians, Benjamin Sheares ranks 12,614 out of 15,577. Before him are Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Spyridon Trikoupis, Anand Panyarachun, Józef Bilczewski, Mahmud Tarzi, and Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly. After him are Henry Knox, Sanjay Gandhi, Stefan Yanev, Froyla Tzalam, Eucratides II, and Pierluigi Martini.
110 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,608
1788 - 1873
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,609
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,610
1860 - 1923
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,611
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,612
1943 - 2019
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,613
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,614
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,615
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,616
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,617
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,618
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,619
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,620
Among people born in 1907, Benjamin Sheares ranks 215. Before him are Amir Sjarifuddin, Jean Langlais, Martti Miettunen, Đuro Kurepa, Émile Veinante, and Vasja Pirc. After him are Anton Schall, Lydia Chukovskaya, Paula Wessely, Alexander Knox, Georges Speicher, and Sigmund Ruud. Among people deceased in 1981, Benjamin Sheares ranks 142. Before him are Ivan Galamian, Juan Trippe, Elemér Kocsis, Paco Bienzobas, Hoagy Carmichael, and Francis Hunter. After him are Yury Trifonov, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, William Gopallawa, Rudolf Krčil, Gerhard Marcks, and Anita Loos.
1907 - 1948
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 209
1907 - 1991
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 210
1907 - 2002
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 211
1907 - 1993
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 212
1907 - 1983
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 213
1907 - 1980
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 214
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 215
1907 - 1947
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 216
1907 - 1996
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 217
1907 - 2000
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 218
1907 - 1995
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 219
1907 - 1978
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 220
1907 - 1994
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 221
1903 - 1981
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 136
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 137
1910 - 1981
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 138
1909 - 1981
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 139
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 140
1894 - 1981
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 141
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 142
1925 - 1981
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 143
1908 - 1981
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 144
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 145
1906 - 1981
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 146
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 147
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 148
Among people born in Singapore, Benjamin Sheares ranks 11 out of 35. Before him are Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tony Tan (1940), S. R. Nathan (1924), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wee Kim Wee (1915), and Ong Teng Cheong (1936). After him are Julia Nickson (1958), Leslie Charteris (1907), Ho Ching (1953), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Fann Wong (1971), and Jackson Rathbone (1984).
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 7
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 8
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 9
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 10
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 12
1907 - 1993
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 13
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 15
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 16
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in Singapore, Benjamin Sheares ranks 9. Before him are Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Parameswara (1344), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tony Tan (1940), S. R. Nathan (1924), and Wee Kim Wee (1915). After him are Ho Ching (1953), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and David Marshall (1908).
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 3
1344 - 1414
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 7
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 8
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 11
1908 - 1995
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 12