1938 - Today
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa.Sirleaf was born in Monrovia to a Gola father and Kru-German mother. She was educated at the College of West Africa. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has received more than 2,691,919 page views. Her biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the 1,724th most popular politician (up from 2,122nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Liberia and the most popular Liberian Politician.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is most famous for being the first woman to be elected president of Liberia. She served as president from 2006-2018.
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Among politicians, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 1,724 out of 15,577. Before her are Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Hiero II of Syracuse, Hu Yaobang, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Levi Eshkol, and Marie Walewska. After her are Bumin Qaghan, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Richard von Weizsäcker, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Theuderic IV, and Alexios IV Angelos.
1858 - 1921
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 1,718
308 BC - 215 BC
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 1,719
1915 - 1989
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 1,720
90 BC - 52 BC
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 1,721
1895 - 1969
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 1,722
1786 - 1817
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,723
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,724
490 - 552
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,725
1756 - 1801
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,726
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,727
1941 - 1989
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,728
712 - 737
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,729
1182 - 1204
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,730
Among people born in 1938, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 30. Before her are Rod Laver, Giuliano Gemma, Mireille Darc, Klaus Schwab, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Bernie Madoff. After her are Liv Ullmann, Albert Fert, Abulfaz Elchibey, Heinz Fischer, Jean Giraud, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 24
1938 - 2013
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 25
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 26
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 27
1938 - 1980
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 28
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 29
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 30
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 31
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 32
1938 - 2000
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 33
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 34
1938 - 2012
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 35
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 36
Among people born in Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 1 out of 20. After her are George Weah (1966), Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), Leymah Gbowee (1972), William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Amos Sawyer (1945), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), and Edwin Barclay (1882).
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 3
1951 - 1990
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 4
1913 - 1980
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 6
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 7
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 8
1945 - 2022
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 9
1947 - 2013
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 10
1949 - 2014
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 11
1882 - 1955
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ranks 1. After her are Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Amos Sawyer (1945), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Joseph Boakai (1944).
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 2
1951 - 1990
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 3
1913 - 1980
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 4
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 5
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 6
1945 - 2022
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 7
1947 - 2013
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 8
1949 - 2014
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 9
1882 - 1955
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 10
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 11