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Evangelos Zappas

1800 - 1865

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Evangelos or Evangelis Zappas (23 August 1800 – 19 June 1865; Greek: Ευάγγελος or Ευαγγέλης Ζάππας; Romanian: Evanghelie Zappa) was a Greek patriot, philanthropist and businessman who spent most of his life in Romania. He is recognized today as one of the founders of the modern Olympic Games, which were held in 1859, 1870, 1875, and 1888 and preceded the Olympic Games that came under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee. These Games, known at the time simply as Olympics (Greek: Ολύμπια), came before the founding of the International Olympic Committee itself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evangelos Zappas has received more than 139,959 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Evangelos Zappas is the 342nd most popular businessperson (down from 228th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Albania (down from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Albanian Businessperson.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Evangelos Zappas ranks 342 out of 847. Before him are Viktor Vekselberg, Timothy Dexter, B. C. Forbes, Lamine Diack, Max Manus, and Chris Gardner. After him are Arthur D. Levinson, Lei Jun, Thierry Breton, Akshata Murty, Arnold Rothstein, and Lee Shau-kee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Evangelos Zappas ranks 47. Before him are Emil Aarestrup, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Ippolito Rosellini, Auguste von Harrach, and Sadeq Khan Zand. After him are Jafar Khan, Josef Kriehuber, Tokugawa Nariaki, Carl Meissner, Sayed Morad Khan, and Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia. Among people deceased in 1865, Evangelos Zappas ranks 45. Before him are William Jackson Hooker, Friedrich August Stüler, Adolph Kolping, Robert Remak, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott. After him are Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexander Dukhnovych, Richard Cobden, Joseph Lebeau, and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Evangelos Zappas ranks 46 out of 150. Before him are Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540), Abdyl Frashëri (1839), Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872), Ilir Meta (1969), Adil Çarçani (1922), and Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1939). After him are Panajot Pano (1939), Omer Nishani (1887), Frang Bardhi (1606), Aleksandër Meksi (1939), Fejzi Alizoti (1874), and Inva Mula (1963).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Albania

Among businesspeople born in Albania, Evangelos Zappas ranks 1. 

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