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Dương Văn Minh

1916 - 2001

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Dương Văn Minh (Vietnamese: [jɨəŋ van miŋ̟] ; 16 February 1916 – 6 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. In 1963, he became chief of a military junta after leading a coup in which Diệm was assassinated. Minh lasted only three months before being toppled by Nguyễn Khánh, but assumed power again as the fourth and last President of South Vietnam in April 1975, two days before surrendering to North Vietnamese forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dương Văn Minh has received more than 1,112,765 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Dương Văn Minh is the 2,762nd most popular politician (down from 2,590th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 11th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Dương Văn Minh is most famous for his work in the field of mathematics. He is most famous for his work in the field of mathematics.

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  • 63.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dương Văn Minh ranks 2,762 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacques Santer, Urukagina, Georg Michaelis, Yamato Takeru, Ramsay MacDonald, and Emperor Qianshao of Han. After him are Alpha Condé, Idriss Déby, Emperor Suzong of Tang, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Dương Văn Minh ranks 31. Before him are Alexander Prokhorov, Camilo José Cela, Jack Vance, Robert McNamara, Frederick Chapman Robbins, and Natalia Ginzburg. After him are Abdul Rahman Arif, Vitaly Ginzburg, Paul Keres, Sune Bergström, Christian B. Anfinsen, and Peter Weiss. Among people deceased in 2001, Dương Văn Minh ranks 27. Before him are Ernst Gombrich, Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, Marie José of Belgium, Clifford Shull, and Robert Ludlum. After him are William Hanna, Zhang Xueliang, John Lee Hooker, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, and Morris.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Dương Văn Minh ranks 13 out of 136. Before him are Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Bảo Đại (1913), Ieng Sary (1925), and Lady Sun (192). After him are Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Gia Long (1762), Madame Nhu (1924), and Charles Sobhraj (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Dương Văn Minh ranks 7. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Bảo Đại (1913), Ieng Sary (1925), and Lady Sun (192). After him are Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Gia Long (1762), Madame Nhu (1924), and Minh Mạng (1791).

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