POLITICIAN

Cheddi Jagan

1918 - 1997

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Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 1992 to his death in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cheddi Jagan has received more than 484,084 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Cheddi Jagan is the 10,544th most popular politician (up from 13,400th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Guyana (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Guyanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cheddi Jagans by language

Over the past year Cheddi Jagan has had the most page views in the with 85,425 views, followed by Spanish (6,612), and Portuguese (6,144). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (320.77%), Egyptian Arabic (241.57%), and Portuguese (132.82%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cheddi Jagan ranks 10,544 out of 19,576. Before him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Ladislav Adamec, Adil Çarçani, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, and Jacopo Contarini. After him are Publius Vatinius, Paul Grüninger, Al-Zafir, Agesipolis I, John C. Breckinridge, and Vitale I Michiel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Cheddi Jagan ranks 134. Before him are Teresa Wright, Marie Smith Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Elmore James, Abdul Haris Nasution, and James Aldridge. After him are Ján Kadár, Jerome Robbins, Jelle Zijlstra, Suzanne Flon, Ted Williams, and Bruno Zevi. Among people deceased in 1997, Cheddi Jagan ranks 126. Before him are Paul Carell, Georges Marchais, Francisco Aramburu, K. Shivaram Karanth, Dick van Dijk, and Adil Çarçani. After him are Juzo Itami, Josef Posipal, Eugene Stoner, Lam Ching-ying, Alexander Kazhdan, and Stanley Schachter.

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In Guyana

Among people born in Guyana, Cheddi Jagan ranks 3 out of 24. Before him are David A. Granger (1945), and Arthur Chung (1918). After him are Sam Hinds (1943), Eddy Grant (1948), CCH Pounder (1952), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Neil Ritchie (1897), Forbes Burnham (1923), Irfaan Ali (1980), and Moses Nagamootoo (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guyana

Among politicians born in Guyana, Cheddi Jagan ranks 3. Before him are David A. Granger (1945), and Arthur Chung (1918). After him are Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), Desmond Hoyte (1929), Forbes Burnham (1923), Irfaan Ali (1980), Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Mark Phillips (1961), Bharrat Jagdeo (1964), and Hamilton Green (1934).

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