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Edward Akufo-Addo

1906 - 1979

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Edward Akufo-Addo (26 June 1906 – 17 July 1979) was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the "Big Six" leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana who engaged in the fight for Ghana's independence. He became the Chief Justice (1966–70), and later ceremonial President (1970–72), of the Republic of Ghana. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Akufo-Addo has received more than 418,987 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Edward Akufo-Addo is the 15,503rd most popular politician (down from 13,870th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 26th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Akufo-Addo ranks 15,503 out of 15,577Before him are Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Vano Merabishvili, Surangel Whipps Jr., Grace Poe, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, and Themba Dlamini. After him are John B. Anderson, Arthur Fadden, Alberto Héber Usher, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Herbert H. Lehman, and G. William Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Edward Akufo-Addo ranks 359Before him are Charley Borah, Jan Pijnenburg, Olive Borden, Klaus Egge, John Betjeman, and Diana Wynyard. After him are Buddy Adler, Oscar Levant, Irving Jaffee, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Ted Morgan, and S. I. Hayakawa. Among people deceased in 1979, Edward Akufo-Addo ranks 238Before him are Roy Harris, Ethel Lackie, Vincenzo Cuccia, Klaus Egge, Bart McGhee, and Mikhail Ogonkov. After him are Loren Murchison, Carl Laemmle Jr., Yuri Krylov, Edgar Buchanan, Lowell George, and Charles Coughlin.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Edward Akufo-Addo ranks 28 out of 121Before him are Stephen Appiah (1980), Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), Gerald Asamoah (1978), Efua Dorkenoo (1949), and Kwadwo Asamoah (1988). After him are Alphonso Davies (2000), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Peter Poreku Dery (1918), Derek Boateng (1983), and Felix Nartey (null).

Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Edward Akufo-Addo ranks 12Before him are John Atta Mills (1944), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Hilla Limann (1934), and Fred Akuffo (1937). After him are Akwasi Afrifa (1936) and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913).