POLITICIAN

Fulbert Youlou

1917 - 1972

Photo of Fulbert Youlou

Icon of person Fulbert Youlou

Abbé Fulbert Youlou (19 July 1917 – 6 May 1972) was a laicized Brazzaville-Congolese Roman Catholic priest, nationalist leader and politician, who became the first President of the Republic of the Congo on its independence. In August 1960, he led his country into independence. In December 1960 he organised an intercontinental conference in Brazzaville, in the course of which he praised the advantages of economic liberalism and condemned communism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fulbert Youlou has received more than 135,166 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Fulbert Youlou is the 8,898th most popular politician (up from 9,075th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Republic of the Congo (up from 7th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Congolese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fulbert Youlou ranks 8,898 out of 19,576Before him are Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Dorieus, Luigi Luzzatti, King Jing of Zhou, Elisabeth of Bohemia, and Armand Trousseau. After him are Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Victor Kravchenko, Umberto Bossi, Sergei Korsakoff, Joseph Paul-Boncour, and Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Fulbert Youlou ranks 132Before him are Wieland Wagner, Văn Tiến Dũng, Samael Aun Weor, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Semyon Kurkotkin, and Raymond Burr. After him are Mak Dizdar, Shams Pahlavi, Brad Dexter, Kerim Kerimov, Dabbs Greer, and Heinrich Ehrler. Among people deceased in 1972, Fulbert Youlou ranks 87Before him are Nikolay Krylov, René Mayer, Frank Knight, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Milton L. Humason, and Mohamed Oufkir. After him are Joseph Paul-Boncour, Richard Courant, James F. Byrnes, Ángel Romano, Pierre Brasseur, and Edward Calvin Kendall.

Others Born in 1917

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1972

Go to all Rankings

In Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Republic of the Congo, Fulbert Youlou ranks 6 out of 21Before him are Denis Sassou Nguesso (1943), Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910), Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), and Marien Ngouabi (1938). After him are Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Patience Dabany (1941), Alfred Raoul (1938), Clément Mouamba (1943), and Serge Ibaka (1989).

Among POLITICIANS In Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Republic of the Congo, Fulbert Youlou ranks 6Before him are Denis Sassou Nguesso (1943), Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910), Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959), Pascal Lissouba (1931), and Marien Ngouabi (1938). After him are Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939), Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921), Alfred Raoul (1938), Clément Mouamba (1943), Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954), and Isidore Mvouba (1954).