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Fred Akuffo

1937 - 1979

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Lieutenant General Frederick William "Fred" Kwasi Akuffo (21 March 1937 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from 1976 to 1978, and chairman of the ruling Supreme Military Council in Ghana from 1978 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Akuffo has received more than 222,883 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Fred Akuffo is the 15,657th most popular politician (down from 14,833rd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 24th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fred Akuffo ranks 15,657 out of 19,576. Before him are José Patricio Guggiari, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, Freundel Stuart, Harold Nicolson, Yoshimasa Hayashi, and Arthur Whitten Brown. After him are Ælfwald II of Northumbria, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Lol Mahamat Choua, Ólafur Jóhannesson, Nur Misuari, and Samvel Babayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Fred Akuffo ranks 429. Before him are J. Bernlef, Umyar Mavlikhanov, Lothar Späth, Allen Jones, Anita Desai, and Irina Kirichenko. After him are Gennadi Gusarov, Emiliano Rodríguez, Klara Guseva, Conny Vandenbos, German Sveshnikov, and Jay Silvester. Among people deceased in 1979, Fred Akuffo ranks 224. Before him are Lajos Maszlay, Hans Scherfig, Eduardo Astengo, Géza Kádas, Amelia Piccinini, and Vincenzo Cuccia. After him are Blas de Otero, Imre Harangi, Eduardo González Valiño, Les Clark, Ben Lyon, and Juan Aguilera.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Fred Akuffo ranks 25 out of 162. Before him are Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Sulley Muntari (1984), John Mahama (1958), Asamoah Gyan (1985), El Anatsui (1944), and Peter Poreku Dery (1918). After him are Gerald Asamoah (1978), Ibrahim Sunday (1944), Hilla Limann (1934), Alphonso Davies (2000), Stephen Appiah (1980), and Akwasi Afrifa (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Fred Akuffo ranks 10. Before him are Jerry Rawlings (1947), John Atta Mills (1944), John Kufuor (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), and John Mahama (1958). After him are Hilla Limann (1934), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Clement Quartey (1938), and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913).

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