Lawyer

Charles Albert Gobat

Swiss politician, lawyer and educational administratior

1843 - 1914

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Charles Albert Gobat

His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2024). Charles Albert Gobat is the 3rd most popular lawyer (up from 4th in 2024), the 15th most popular biography from Switzerland and the most popular Swiss Lawyer.

Charles Albert Gobat was a Swiss diplomat who was the first president of the International Olympic Committee. He served as the president of the IOC from 1894 to 1896.

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#15 / 1,198

Charles Albert Gobat ranks #15 among 1,198 people in Pantheon born in Switzerland, inside the top 2% of that group.

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Charles Albert Gobat's biography appears in 68 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 98% of all Lawyers.

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Charles Albert Gobat climbed 286 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #1,905 to #1,619.

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Among Lawyers

Among lawyers, Charles Albert Gobat ranks 3 out of 163. Before him are Hugo Grotius, and Al-Shafi‘i. After him are Carlo Buonaparte, Louis Renault, John F. Kennedy Jr., Henri La Fontaine, Ulpian, Gaius, Al-Nawawi, Aemilius Papinianus, and Tobias Asser.

Most Popular Lawyers in Wikipedia

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Hugo Grotius
1583 - 1645
HPI: 80.80
Rank: 1
Al-Shafi‘i
767 - 820
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 2
Charles Albert Gobat
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 3
Carlo Buonaparte
1746 - 1785
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 4
Louis Renault
1843 - 1918
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 5
John F. Kennedy Jr.
1960 - 1999
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 6
Henri La Fontaine
1854 - 1943
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 7
Ulpian
170 - 228
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 8
Gaius
120 - 180
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 9
Al-Nawawi
1233 - 1278
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 10
Aemilius Papinianus
142 - 211
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 11
Tobias Asser
1838 - 1913
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Charles Albert Gobat ranks 5. Before him are William McKinley, Edvard Grieg, Robert Koch, and Bertha von Suttner. After him are Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Camillo Golgi, Louis Renault, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Georg von Hertling, Henry James, and Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1914, Charles Albert Gobat ranks 4. Before him are Pope Pius X, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and Bertha von Suttner. After him are Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, George Westinghouse, and Georg Trakl.

Others Born in 1843

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William McKinley
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1901
HPI: 89.29
Rank: 1
Edvard Grieg
COMPOSER
1843 - 1907
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 2
Robert Koch
PHYSICIAN
1843 - 1910
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 3
Bertha von Suttner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 4
Charles Albert Gobat
LAWYER
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 5
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
NOBLEMAN
1843 - 1878
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 6
Camillo Golgi
PHYSICIAN
1843 - 1926
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 7
Louis Renault
LAWYER
1843 - 1918
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 8
Frederick VIII of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1912
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 9
Georg von Hertling
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1919
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 10
Henry James
WRITER
1843 - 1916
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 11
Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
1843 - 1925
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1914

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Pope Pius X
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1835 - 1914
HPI: 86.02
Rank: 1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1863 - 1914
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 2
Bertha von Suttner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 3
Charles Albert Gobat
LAWYER
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 4
Frédéric Mistral
WRITER
1830 - 1914
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 5
Paul Heyse
WRITER
1830 - 1914
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 6
Charles Sanders Peirce
MATHEMATICIAN
1839 - 1914
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 7
Carol I of Romania
POLITICIAN
1839 - 1914
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 8
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
COMPANION
1868 - 1914
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 9
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk
ECONOMIST
1851 - 1914
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 10
George Westinghouse
INVENTOR
1846 - 1914
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 11
Georg Trakl
WRITER
1887 - 1914
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 12

In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Charles Albert Gobat ranks 15 out of 1,198. Before him are Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Sepp Blatter (1936), Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746), Paul Klee (1879), and Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861). After him are Jean-Paul Marat (1743), K. Alex Müller (1927), Élie Ducommun (1833), Johann Bernoulli (1667), Francesco Borromini (1599), and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945).

Others born in Switzerland

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Jacob Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1654 - 1705
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 9
Huldrych Zwingli
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1484 - 1531
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 10
Sepp Blatter
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 11
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1746 - 1827
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 12
Paul Klee
PAINTER
1879 - 1940
HPI: 80.07
Rank: 13
Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 79.45
Rank: 14
Charles Albert Gobat
LAWYER
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 15
Jean-Paul Marat
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1743 - 1793
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 16
K. Alex Müller
PHYSICIST
1927 - 2023
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 17
Élie Ducommun
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1833 - 1906
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 18
Johann Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1667 - 1748
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 19
Francesco Borromini
ARCHITECT
1599 - 1667
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 20
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 21