LAWYER
Carla Del Ponte
1947 - Today
Carla Del Ponte
Carla Del Ponte (born February 9, 1947) is a Swiss former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in August 1999, replacing Louise Arbour. In 2003, the U.N. Security Council removed Del Ponte as the Prosecutor for the ICTR, and replaced her there with Hassan Bubacar Jallow following pressure from Rwanda's president Kagame who was obstructing her efforts to investigate crimes by Tutsi. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carla Del Ponte has received more than 250,050 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Carla Del Ponte is the 19th most popular lawyer, the 115th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Lawyer.
Memorability Metrics
250k
Page Views (PV)
60.86
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
37
Languages Editions (L)
9.75
Effective Languages (L*)
2.14
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among LAWYERS
Among lawyers, Carla Del Ponte ranks 19 out of 136. Before her are Rudolf von Jhering, Leo Frank, Tribonian, Muhammad al-Shaybani, Raphael Lemkin, and Al-Tahawi. After her are Al-Mawardi, John F. Kennedy Jr., Irnerius, Peter Benenson, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and Helmuth James von Moltke.
Most Popular Lawyers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsRudolf von Jhering
1818 - 1892
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 13
Leo Frank
1884 - 1915
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 14
Tribonian
475 - 542
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 15
Muhammad al-Shaybani
750 - 805
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 16
Raphael Lemkin
1900 - 1959
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 17
Al-Tahawi
853 - 935
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 18
Carla Del Ponte
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 19
Al-Mawardi
974 - 1058
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 20
John F. Kennedy Jr.
1960 - 1999
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 21
Irnerius
1050 - 1140
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 22
Peter Benenson
1921 - 2005
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 23
Fabian von Schlabrendorff
1907 - 1980
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 24
Helmuth James von Moltke
1907 - 1945
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 25
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1947, Carla Del Ponte ranks 75. Before her are Gidon Kremer, Yukio Hatoyama, Peter Sloterdijk, Walter Röhrl, Robert Englund, and Joe Mantegna. After her are Mariska Veres, Viktor Belenko, Anwar Ibrahim, Ljupko Petrović, Dwight Schultz, and Peter Weller.
Others Born in 1947
Go to all RankingsGidon Kremer
MUSICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 69
Yukio Hatoyama
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 70
Peter Sloterdijk
PHILOSOPHER
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 71
Walter Röhrl
RACING DRIVER
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 72
Robert Englund
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 73
Joe Mantegna
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 74
Carla Del Ponte
LAWYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 75
Mariska Veres
SINGER
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 76
Viktor Belenko
ENGINEER
1947 - 2023
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 77
Anwar Ibrahim
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 78
Ljupko Petrović
COACH
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 79
Dwight Schultz
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 80
Peter Weller
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 81
In Switzerland
Among people born in Switzerland, Carla Del Ponte ranks 115 out of 1,015. Before her are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Jost Bürgi (1552), Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), César Ritz (1850), and Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702). After her are Gottfried Keller (1819), Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945), Jakob Steiner (1796), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Charles Bonnet (1720), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908).
Others born in Switzerland
Go to all RankingsCharles-Ferdinand Ramuz
WRITER
1878 - 1947
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 109
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
PHYSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 110
Jost Bürgi
MATHEMATICIAN
1552 - 1632
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 111
Abraham-Louis Breguet
INVENTOR
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 112
César Ritz
BUSINESSPERSON
1850 - 1918
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 113
Jean-Étienne Liotard
PAINTER
1702 - 1789
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 114
Carla Del Ponte
LAWYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 115
Gottfried Keller
WRITER
1819 - 1890
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 116
Micheline Calmy-Rey
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 117
Jakob Steiner
MATHEMATICIAN
1796 - 1863
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 118
Jacques Dubochet
CHEMIST
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 119
Charles Bonnet
BIOLOGIST
1720 - 1793
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 120
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
WRITER
1908 - 1942
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 121
Among LAWYERS In Switzerland
Among lawyers born in Switzerland, Carla Del Ponte ranks 2. Before her are Charles Albert Gobat (1843). After her are Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (1808).
Charles Albert Gobat
1843 - 1914
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 1
Carla Del Ponte
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 2
Johann Kaspar Bluntschli
1808 - 1881
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 3