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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 238,547 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Carla Del Ponte is the 19th most popular lawyer, the 123rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Lawyer.
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240k
Page Views (PV)
59.33
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
36
Languages Editions (L)
8.04
Effective Languages (L*)
2.42
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among LAWYERS
Among lawyers, Carla Del Ponte ranks 19 out of 68. Before her are Rudolf von Jhering, Tribonian, Raphael Lemkin, Peter Benenson, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and Irnerius. After her are Al-Tahawi, Muhammad al-Shaybani, John F. Kennedy Jr., Helmuth James von Moltke, Ewald Georg von Kleist, and Al-Mawardi.
Most Popular Lawyers in Wikipedia
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Rudolf von Jhering
1818 - 1892
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 13
Tribonian
475 - 542
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 14
Raphael Lemkin
1900 - 1959
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 15
Peter Benenson
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 16
Fabian von Schlabrendorff
1907 - 1980
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 17
Irnerius
1050 - 1140
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 18
Carla Del Ponte
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 19
Al-Tahawi
853 - 935
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 20
Muhammad al-Shaybani
750 - 805
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 21
John F. Kennedy Jr.
1960 - 1999
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 22
Helmuth James von Moltke
1907 - 1945
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 23
Ewald Georg von Kleist
1700 - 1748
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 24
Al-Mawardi
974 - 1058
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 25
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1947, Carla Del Ponte ranks 74. Before her are Michael Levitt, Dick Fosbury, Stan Kroenke, Danielle Steel, Ron Dennis, and Sheikh Hasina. After her are Peter Weller, Cozy Powell, Martha Nussbaum, F. R. David, Alexander Rutskoy, and Viktor Suvorov.
Others Born in 1947
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Michael Levitt
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 68
Dick Fosbury
1947 - 2023
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 69
Stan Kroenke
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 70
Danielle Steel
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 71
Ron Dennis
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 72
Sheikh Hasina
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 73
Carla Del Ponte
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 74
Peter Weller
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 75
Cozy Powell
1947 - 1998
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 76
Martha Nussbaum
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 77
F. R. David
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 78
Alexander Rutskoy
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 79
Viktor Suvorov
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 80
In Switzerland
Among people born in Switzerland, Carla Del Ponte ranks 123 out of 876. Before her are Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Mario Adorf (1930), and Matthäus Merian (1593). After her are Marthe Keller (1945), Blaise Cendrars (1887), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (1773), Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), and Ernest Bloch (1880).
Others born in Switzerland
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Jean-Étienne Liotard
1702 - 1789
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 117
Heinrich Bullinger
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 118
Sigismond Thalberg
1812 - 1871
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 119
Jacob Sprenger
1435 - 1495
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 120
Mario Adorf
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 121
Matthäus Merian
1593 - 1650
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 122
Carla Del Ponte
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 123
Marthe Keller
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 124
Blaise Cendrars
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 125
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
1908 - 1942
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 126
Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi
1773 - 1842
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 127
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 128
Ernest Bloch
1880 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 129
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: 71.32
Rank: 1
Carla Del Ponte
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 2
Johann Kaspar Bluntschli
1808 - 1881
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 3
