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Demetrius Vikelas

1835 - 1908

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Demetrios Vikelas (also Demetrius Bikelas; Greek: Δημήτριος Βικέλας; 15 February 1835 – 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the co-founder and first President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1894 to 1896.After a childhood spent in Greece and Constantinople (now Istanbul), he found fortune in London, where he married. He then moved to Paris, on account of his wife. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Demetrius Vikelas has received more than 88,577 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Demetrius Vikelas is the 596th most popular writer (down from 588th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Greece (down from 151st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Greek Writer.

Demetrius Vikelas is most famous for being the founder of the International Olympic Committee.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 596 out of 5,755Before him are Tirso de Molina, Arthur Koestler, Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, and Samuel Johnson. After him are Alessandro Manzoni, Camilo José Cela, France Prešeren, Pierre Loti, Anton Makarenko, and John Donne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 13Before him are Adolf von Baeyer, Andrew Carnegie, César Cui, Henryk Wieniawski, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and Samuel Butler. After him are Giosuè Carducci, Eduard Strauss, Josef Stefan, William Stanley Jevons, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Fukuzawa Yukichi. Among people deceased in 1908, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 10Before him are Guangxu Emperor, Randal Cremer, Grover Cleveland, Pablo de Sarasate, Edmondo De Amicis, and Carlos I of Portugal. After him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Pat Garrett, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Butch Cassidy, and Machado de Assis.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 159 out of 936Before him are Lysander (-401), Prodicus (-460), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Antonia Minor (-36), and Andronicus of Rhodes (-100). After him are Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Cleomenes I (-600), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Callisthenes (-360), and Spyridon Louis (1873).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 19Before him are Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Arion (-700), Lysias (-445), Phaedrus (-20), Tyrtaeus (-700), and Longus (110). After him are Periander (-700), Aelia Eudocia (401), Agathias (536), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), and Bacchylides (-490).