POLITICIAN

Foday Sankoh

1937 - 2003

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Foday Saybana Sankoh (17 October 1937 – 29 July 2003) was a Sierra Leonean rebel leader who was the founder and commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group, which was supported by Charles Taylor-led NPFL in the 11-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Foday Sankoh has received more than 409,755 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Foday Sankoh is the 8,882nd most popular politician (down from 8,002nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Sierra Leone and the 3rd most popular Sierra Leonean Politician.

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  • 54.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Foday Sankoh ranks 8,882 out of 19,576. Before him are Kaleb of Axum, Oliver Winchester, Boris Kidrič, Butigeidis, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and Manuel Urrutia Lleó. After him are Kormisosh, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, Leonardo Donato, Ouyang Xun, Sirajuddin of Perlis, and Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Foday Sankoh ranks 168. Before him are Lajos Portisch, Robert B. Wilson, Audrys Bačkis, Karol J. Bobko, Luciana Paluzzi, and Viktor Mamatov. After him are Ange-Félix Patassé, Suzanne Pleshette, María Kodama, Erich Ribbeck, Rudi Altig, and Nur Hassan Hussein. Among people deceased in 2003, Foday Sankoh ranks 108. Before him are Martha Scott, Khieu Ponnary, Jaba Ioseliani, Neil Postman, Donald O'Connor, and Charles Berlitz. After him are Robert Palmer, Rubén González, Lothar Emmerich, Karl Kling, Gordon Mitchell, and Althea Gibson.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Foday Sankoh ranks 3 out of 22. Before him are Nabih Berri (1938), and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932). After him are Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), Mohamed Kallon (1979), Trevoh Chalobah (1999), Valentine Strasser (1967), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), and Roda Antar (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sierra Leone

Among politicians born in Sierra Leone, Foday Sankoh ranks 3. Before him are Nabih Berri (1938), and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932). After him are Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), Valentine Strasser (1967), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), and Zainab Bangura (1959).

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