POLITICIAN

George Fernandes

1930 - 2019

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George Mathew Fernandes (3 June 1930 – 29 January 2019) was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the 22nd Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. A veteran socialist, he was a member of the Lok Sabha for over 30 years, starting from Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in 1967 till 2009 mostly representing constituencies from Bihar. He was a key member of the Janata Dal and the founder of the Samata Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Fernandes has received more than 2,097,203 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). George Fernandes is the 14,147th most popular politician (up from 14,579th in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from India (up from 617th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular Indian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Fernandes by language

Over the past year George Fernandes has had the most page views in the with 259,464 views, followed by Simple English (17,787), and Hindi (17,326). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (370.68%), Marathi (65.41%), and Sanskrit (47.22%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Fernandes ranks 14,147 out of 19,576. Before him are Étienne Mourrut, Tiberius Sempronius Longus, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Leonid Sobolev, Wehha of East Anglia, and John Shakespeare. After him are Dubravka Šuica, Seankhenre Mentuhotepi, Sigeberht the Good, Josep Pintat Solans, Akaki Chkhenkeli, and Miguel Ángel Moratinos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, George Fernandes ranks 370. Before him are Taina Elg, Herbie Mann, Matt Monro, Judit Temes, Oleg Anofriyev, and FM-2030. After him are Boris Parygin, Roger Vonlanthen, Robert Ryman, Štefan Uher, Shel Silverstein, and Choi Chung-min. Among people deceased in 2019, George Fernandes ranks 305. Before him are Galina Volchek, Gunder Bengtsson, Charles Kittel, Carolee Schneemann, Fred Bongusto, and Ivan Dimitrov. After him are Robert Ryman, Jerrie Cobb, Patricia Bath, Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Egon Zimmermann, and Med Hondo.

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In India

Among people born in India, George Fernandes ranks 590 out of 1,861. Before him are Cerverí de Girona (1259), Baji Rao II (1775), Sanjay Dutt (1959), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), BP Koirala (1914), and Shudraka (500). After him are Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Kamal Haasan (1954), and Ela Bhatt (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, George Fernandes ranks 182. Before him are Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Baji Rao II (1775), and BP Koirala (1914). After him are Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), and Lobsang Sangay (1968).

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