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Forbes Burnham

1923 - 1985

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Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (20 February 1923 – 6 August 1985) was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985. He served as Premier of British Guiana from 1964 to 1966, Prime Minister of Guyana from 1964 to 1980 and then as the first Executive President of Guyana (2nd President overall) from 1980 to 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Forbes Burnham has received more than 430,501 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Forbes Burnham is the 15,410th most popular politician (down from 13,526th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Guyana (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Guyanese Politician.

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  • 430k

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  • 41.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Forbes Burnham ranks 15,410 out of 15,577. Before him are Chidambaram Subramaniam, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Theodric of Bernicia, Erra-imitti, Manuela Schwesig, and Themba Masuku. After him are John Haglelgam, Elliot Richardson, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Eshaq Jahangiri, and Peyton Randolph.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Forbes Burnham ranks 390. Before him are Horace Ashenfelter, James Dickey, Basil Hume, Ted Stevens, George Mostow, and Brian Naylor. After him are Mae Young, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Augusto Magli, Zeffiro Furiassi, Dale Robertson, and Slim Whitman. Among people deceased in 1985, Forbes Burnham ranks 232. Before him are Tom Richards, Dan White, Milton H. Greene, Mary MacLaren, Helmut Niedermayr, and Leatrice Joy. After him are Dragomir Tošić, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Richard Greene, Yevgeny Maskinskov, Gladys Egan, and Jack Medica.

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In Guyana

Among people born in Guyana, Forbes Burnham ranks 10 out of 19. Before him are Neil Ritchie (1897), CCH Pounder (1952), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), and Desmond Hoyte (1929). After him are Walter Rodney (1942), Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Bharrat Jagdeo (1964), Irfaan Ali (1980), Phil Edwards (1907), and Letitia Wright (1993).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guyana

Among politicians born in Guyana, Forbes Burnham ranks 7. Before him are Arthur Chung (1918), David A. Granger (1945), Cheddi Jagan (1918), Sam Hinds (1943), Donald Ramotar (1950), and Desmond Hoyte (1929). After him are Moses Nagamootoo (1947), Bharrat Jagdeo (1964), and Irfaan Ali (1980).

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