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George Tupou I

1797 - 1893

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George Tupou I (4 December 1797 – 18 February 1893), originally known as Tāufaʻāhau I, was the first king of modern Tonga. He adopted the name Siaosi (originally Jiaoji), the Tongan equivalent of George, after King George III of the United Kingdom, when he was baptized in 1831. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Tupou I has received more than 321,110 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). George Tupou I is the 7,739th most popular politician (down from 4,433rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Tonga (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Tongan Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Tupou I ranks 7,739 out of 19,576. Before him are False Dmitry III, Takelot III, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Nicholas Murray Butler, Farrukhsiyar, and Bernard Collomb. After him are Manea Mănescu, Hans Jeschonnek, Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef, Willy Claes, Philip II, Prince of Taranto, and Herbert I, Count of Vermandois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, George Tupou I ranks 36. Before him are Antonio Rosmini, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Kamehameha II, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, and Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier. After him are Pierre Leroux, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, James Ferguson, and Jeremias Gotthelf. Among people deceased in 1893, George Tupou I ranks 28. Before him are Alexander Cunningham, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Heinrich Göbel, Leland Stanford, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, and P. G. T. Beauregard. After him are Aleksandra Potanina, Ford Madox Brown, José Zorrilla, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Rudolf Wolf, and Julius Popper.

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In Tonga

Among people born in Tonga, George Tupou I ranks 4 out of 13. Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Tupou VI (1959), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), Soane Patita Paini Mafi (1961), Siaosi Sovaleni (1970), and Paea Wolfgramm (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tonga

Among politicians born in Tonga, George Tupou I ranks 3. Before him are George Tupou V (1948), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), and Siaosi Sovaleni (1970).

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