1913 - 2001
Edward Gierek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɛdvart ˈɡʲɛrɛk]; 6 January 1913 – 29 July 2001) was a Polish Communist politician and de facto leader of Poland between 1970 and 1980. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) in the Polish People's Republic in 1970. He is known for opening communist Poland to the Western Bloc and for his economic policies based on foreign loans. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Gierek has received more than 392,197 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Edward Gierek is the 4,551st most popular politician (up from 5,104th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Poland (up from 293rd in 2019) and the 69th most popular Polish Politician.
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Among politicians, Edward Gierek ranks 4,551 out of 15,577. Before him are Eleanor of Alburquerque, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Agrippa Postumus, Marie Anne de Mailly, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After him are José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Choe Ryong-hae, Victorinus, Margaret of Bavaria, Al-Muqanna, and Taejodae of Goguryeo.
1374 - 1435
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 4,545
1968 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 4,546
12 BC - 14
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 4,547
1717 - 1744
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4,548
1413 - 1471
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4,549
1785 - 1831
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4,550
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4,551
1766 - 1840
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4,552
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4,553
300 - 271
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 4,554
1363 - 1424
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 4,555
800 - 783
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 4,556
47 - 165
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 4,557
Among people born in 1913, Edward Gierek ranks 69. Before him are Peter Cushing, Roger Caillois, Alan Ladd, Méret Oppenheim, Tito Gobbi, and Lloyd Bridges. After him are Heinz Linge, Robert Adler, Stewart Granger, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Alexander Pokryshkin, and Boris Pahor. Among people deceased in 2001, Edward Gierek ranks 46. Before him are Timothy McVeigh, Isaac Stern, Ken Kesey, Henry Lee Lucas, Giovanni Leone, and Emilie Schindler. After him are Francisco da Costa Gomes, Poul Anderson, Donald J. Cram, W. G. Sebald, David Graf, and Michele Alboreto.
1913 - 1994
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 63
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 64
1913 - 1964
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 65
1913 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 66
1913 - 1984
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 67
1913 - 1998
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 68
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 69
1913 - 1980
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 70
1913 - 2007
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 71
1913 - 1993
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 72
1913 - 1994
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 73
1913 - 1985
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 74
1913 - 2022
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 75
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 40
1920 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 41
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 42
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 43
1908 - 2001
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 44
1907 - 2001
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 45
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 46
1914 - 2001
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 47
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 48
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 49
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 50
1950 - 2001
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 51
1956 - 2001
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 52
Among people born in Poland, Edward Gierek ranks 258 out of 1,454. Before him are Wanda Landowska (1879), Leopold Trepper (1904), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785). After him are Bolesław Prus (1847), Hans Kammler (1901), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797).
1879 - 1959
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 252
1904 - 1982
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 253
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 254
1651 - 1708
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 255
1911 - 1980
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 256
1785 - 1831
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 257
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 258
1847 - 1912
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 259
1901 - 1945
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 260
1889 - 1968
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 261
1933 - 1991
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 262
1901 - 1981
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 263
1797 - 1855
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 264
Among politicians born in Poland, Edward Gierek ranks 69. Before him are Władysław I Herman (1043), Dieter Wisliceny (1911), Victor Klemperer (1881), Anna von Schweidnitz (1339), Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785). After him are Leszek the White (1186), Ryszard Kaczorowski (1919), Hans Modrow (1928), Franz Mehring (1846), Stanislav Kosior (1889), and Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765).
1043 - 1102
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 63
1911 - 1948
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 64
1881 - 1960
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 65
1339 - 1362
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 66
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 67
1785 - 1831
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 68
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 69
1186 - 1227
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 70
1919 - 2010
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 71
1928 - 2023
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 72
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 73
1889 - 1939
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 74
1765 - 1833
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 75