POLITICIAN

Canaan Banana

1936 - 2003

Photo of Canaan Banana

Icon of person Canaan Banana

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, a 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 1,614,768 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Canaan Banana is the 7,708th most popular politician (up from 9,787th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Zimbabwe and the 4th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Canaan Banana ranks 7,708 out of 19,576. Before him are Frans Timmermans, Oqil Oqilov, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Vaino Väljas, Abdelilah Benkirane, and Andrija Artuković. After him are András Hegedüs, Mile Budak, Petar Brzica, Jens Otto Krag, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Beorhtric of Wessex.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Canaan Banana ranks 147. Before him are Nino Castelnuovo, Hiroshi Saeki, Andrew Grove, Charles Dutoit, André Kolingba, and Ennio Antonelli. After him are Robert Downey Sr., Eliahu Inbal, Charles Napier, Siw Malmkvist, Philippe Sollers, and Costas Simitis. Among people deceased in 2003, Canaan Banana ranks 88. Before him are David Hemmings, André Claveau, Michael Kamen, Qusay Hussein, Sébastien Japrisot, and Mohamed Choukri. After him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Kalpana Chawla, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Gertrude Ederle, Maurice Pialat, and Massimo Girotti.

Others Born in 1936

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2003

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana ranks 5 out of 45. Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), and Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978). After him are Albert Lutuli (1898), Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Joshua Nkomo (1917), John Love (1924), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), and Abel Muzorewa (1925).

Others born in Zimbabwe

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Lobengula (1845), Roy Welensky (1907), and Phelekezela Mphoko (1940).

Zimbabwean born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous