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POLITICIAN

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 296,359 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). George Tupou I is the 4,444th most popular politician (up from 8,818th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Tonga and the 4th most popular Tongan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Tupou I ranks 4,444 out of 15,577Before him are Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, Burt Munro, Milorad Dodik, John I, Duke of Brabant, Nikolay Bobrikov, and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Per Albin Hansson, Emperor Sutoku, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Emperor Shōmu, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and Mas'ud I of Ghazni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, George Tupou I ranks 21Before him are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Paul Delaroche, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Maria Isabel of Braganza, and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. After him are Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Manuela Sáenz, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Carlo Blasis, and Sojourner Truth. Among people deceased in 1893, George Tupou I ranks 15Before him are Jan Matejko, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Josef Stefan, Jules Ferry, Ernst Kummer, and John Tyndall. After him are Baron Alexander von Bach, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Alfredo Catalani, Heinrich Göbel, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Leland Stanford.

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In Tonga

Among people born in Tonga, George Tupou I ranks 5 out of 13Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), Tupou VI (1959), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Soane Patita Paini Mafi (1961), Paea Wolfgramm (1969), and Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (1985).

Among POLITICIANS In Tonga

Among politicians born in Tonga, George Tupou I ranks 4Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), and Siaosi Sovaleni (1970).