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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 2,119,927 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). George Fernandes is the 14,628th most popular politician (down from 12,967th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from India (down from 537th in 2019) and the 180th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Fernandes ranks 14,628 out of 15,577. Before him are Nitish Kumar, Walter Lübcke, Dimitar Grekov, Rebecca Latimer Felton, Tekle Giyorgis II, and Parthamaspates of Parthia. After him are Debbie Rowe, Ashur-shaduni, John Armstrong Jr., Rahul Gandhi, William H. McRaven, and Gennady Novitsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, George Fernandes ranks 437. Before him are Andy White, Terence Bayler, Carmelo Cedrún, Allan Williams, Anthony Downs, and Robert H. MacArthur. After him are Mara Corday, Bob Mathias, Bernard Collomb, Federico Vairo, Adam Maida, and Beryl Penrose. Among people deceased in 2019, George Fernandes ranks 375. Before him are Frank Robinson, Josef Feistmantl, Lol Mahamat Choua, Claes Andersson, Zvonimir Vujin, and Walter Lübcke. After him are John Paul Stevens, Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Valerie Harper, King Kong Bundy, Sergio Obeso Rivera, and Francesco Janich.

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In India

Among people born in India, George Fernandes ranks 621 out of 1,493. Before him are Uttam Kumar (1926), Shabana Azmi (1950), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Ashok Kumar (1911), Nitish Kumar (1951), and Gurdial Singh (1933). After him are Rahul Gandhi (1970), Indra Nooyi (1955), Anna Chandy (1905), The Great Gama (1878), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), and Ismail Merchant (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, George Fernandes ranks 180. Before him are BP Koirala (1914), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), Lobsang Sangay (1968), Margaret Abbott (1878), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), and Nitish Kumar (1951). After him are Rahul Gandhi (1970), Amarinder Singh (1942), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Sheila Dikshit (1938), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), and Muiz ud din Bahram (null).

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