1905 - 1993
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (French: [feliks ufwɛ(t) bwaɲi]; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he worked as a medical aide, union leader, and planter before being elected to the French Parliament. He served in several ministerial positions within the French government before leading Ivory Coast following independence in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix Houphouët-Boigny has received more than 684,817 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Félix Houphouët-Boigny is the 3,795th most popular politician (down from 3,464th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ivorian Politician.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny was the first president of Côte d'Ivoire, a country in Africa. He was a politician and a diplomat. He was most famous for leading the country to independence from France.
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Among politicians, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 3,795 out of 15,577. Before him are Raúl Alfonsín, Geunchogo of Baekje, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, António Lobo Antunes, and Malcolm IV of Scotland. After him are Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, Constance of Antioch, Edvard Kardelj, Anitta, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and King Cheng of Zhou.
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3,789
324 - 375
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3,790
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3,791
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3,792
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3,793
1141 - 1165
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3,794
1905 - 1993
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3,795
1311 - 1356
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3,796
1127 - 1163
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3,797
1910 - 1979
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3,798
1700 BC - 1740 BC
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3,799
1865 - 1952
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 3,800
1100 BC - 1021 BC
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 3,801
Among people born in 1905, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 43. Before him are Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Ivan Serov, Fred Trump, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Harry Harlow, and Otto Preminger. After him are Albert Pierrepoint, Takashi Shimura, Carl Gustav Hempel, Erwin Chargaff, Lale Andersen, and Emmanuel Mounier. Among people deceased in 1993, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 36. Before him are Robert W. Holley, Vincent Price, Arthur Ashe, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Léon Theremin, and Jean Negulesco. After him are Masahiko Kimura, Yuri Lotman, Boris Christoff, Hans Baur, Pat Nixon, and Severo Ochoa.
1905 - 1981
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 37
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 38
1905 - 1999
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 39
1905 - 1919
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 40
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 41
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 42
1905 - 1993
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 43
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 44
1905 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 45
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 46
1905 - 2002
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 47
1905 - 1972
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 48
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 49
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 30
1911 - 1993
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 31
1943 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 32
1921 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 33
1896 - 1993
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 34
1900 - 1993
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 35
1905 - 1993
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 36
1917 - 1993
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 37
1922 - 1993
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 38
1914 - 1993
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 39
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 40
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 41
1905 - 1993
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 42
Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 3 out of 119. Before him are Alassane Ouattara (1942) and Didier Drogba (1978). After him are Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Alpha Blondy (1953), Charles Konan Banny (1942), Yaya Touré (1983), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Robert Guéï (1941), Ahmadou Kourouma (1927), Kolo Touré (1981), and Salomon Kalou (1985).
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 1
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 2
1905 - 1993
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 3
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 4
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 5
1942 - 2021
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 7
1934 - 2023
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 8
1941 - 2002
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 9
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Côte d'Ivoire, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ranks 2. Before him are Alassane Ouattara (1942). After him are Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Charles Konan Banny (1942), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Robert Guéï (1941), Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943), Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916), Seydou Diarra (1933), Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959), Hamed Bakayoko (1965), and Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (1951).
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 1
1905 - 1993
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 2
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 3
1942 - 2021
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 4
1934 - 2023
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 5
1941 - 2002
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 7
1916 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 8
1933 - 2020
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 9
1959 - 2020
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 10
1965 - 2021
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 12