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Canaan Banana

1936 - 2003

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Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. He was Zimbabwe's first head of state (Ceremonial President) after the Lancaster House Agreement that led to the country’s independence. In 1987, he stepped down as President and was succeeded by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, who became the country's executive president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Canaan Banana has received more than 1,559,868 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Canaan Banana is the 9,814th most popular politician (down from 8,018th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Zimbabwe and the 4th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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  • 52.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Canaan Banana ranks 9,814 out of 15,577. Before him are Svetozar Pribićević, Bartolomeo Gradenigo, Francesco Venier, Kostas Karamanlis, Prince Munetaka, and Yekaterina Furtseva. After him are Cynewulf of Wessex, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Viktor Kingissepp, Mstislav III of Kiev, Guru Har Rai, and Rolandas Paksas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Canaan Banana ranks 196. Before him are Hazem El Beblawi, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Metin Oktay, Mary Tyler Moore, Bobby Seale, and Philip Kaufman. After him are Frederic Forrest, Norma Aleandro, Keir Dullea, Vice Vukov, Jim Brown, and Edén Pastora. Among people deceased in 2003, Canaan Banana ranks 124. Before him are Alejandro de Tomaso, Michel Constantin, Julinho, Eugenio Monti, Hal Clement, and Robert Stack. After him are Giorgio Gaber, Leon Uris, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Robert Brown, Jean Yanne, and Constantin Dăscălescu.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana ranks 5 out of 38. Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), and Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978). After him are Albert Lutuli (1898), John Love (1924), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Paula Hawkins (1972), and Joshua Nkomo (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana ranks 4. Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), and Ian Smith (1919). After him are Albert Lutuli (1898), Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Lobengula (1845), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).

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