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Desmond Hoyte

1929 - 2002

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Hugh Desmond Hoyte (9 March 1929 – 22 December 2002) was a Guyanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desmond Hoyte has received more than 96,768 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Desmond Hoyte is the 13,635th most popular politician (up from 15,258th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Guyana (up from 9th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Guyanese Politician.

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  • 49.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Desmond Hoyte ranks 13,635 out of 19,576. Before him are Amythaon, Dmitry Rogozin, Vima Kadphises, Alfrēds Rubiks, Ahmose, and Joseph Avenol. After him are Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Károly Németh, Lady Arbella Stuart, Juan Trippe, and Joe Lieberman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Desmond Hoyte ranks 324. Before him are Claude Nougaro, Larry Collins, Shozo Sasahara, Henry E. Holt, Chi Haotian, and André Darrigade. After him are Nina Ponomaryova, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Henri Pousseur, Rafael Chimishkyan, Halyna Sevruk, and Azzeddine Laraki. Among people deceased in 2002, Desmond Hoyte ranks 191. Before him are Alan Lomax, Milton Berle, Luise Rinser, Tita Merello, Lou Thesz, and Kristen Nygaard. After him are Ramiro de León Carpio, Peter Blau, John Agar, Lonnie Donegan, Sanya Dharmasakti, and Reginald Rose.

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In Guyana

Among people born in Guyana, Desmond Hoyte ranks 8 out of 24. Before him are Arthur Chung (1918), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Eddy Grant (1948), CCH Pounder (1952), and Donald Ramotar (1950). After him are Neil Ritchie (1897), Forbes Burnham (1923), Irfaan Ali (1980), Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Mark Phillips (1961), and Bharrat Jagdeo (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guyana

Among politicians born in Guyana, Desmond Hoyte ranks 6. Before him are David A. Granger (1945), Arthur Chung (1918), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), and Donald Ramotar (1950). After him are Forbes Burnham (1923), Irfaan Ali (1980), Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Mark Phillips (1961), Bharrat Jagdeo (1964), and Hamilton Green (1934).

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