1948 - 2012
George Tupou V (Tongan: Siaosi Tupou, full name: Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho Tupou; 4 May 1948 – 18 March 2012) was the King of Tonga from the death of his father Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV in 2006 until his own death six years later. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Tupou V has received more than 478,968 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. George Tupou V is the 1,372nd most popular politician (up from 1,686th in 2019), the most popular biography from Tonga and the most popular Tongan Politician.
George Tupou V was the King of Tonga from 1918 until his death in 2012. He was the son of King Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho.
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Among politicians, George Tupou V ranks 1,372 out of 15,577. Before him are Rodolfo Graziani, Johan de Witt, Yang Guifei, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Takeda Shingen, and Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. After him are Urho Kekkonen, Lothair of France, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Alfonso V of Aragon, and Anastasios II.
1882 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,366
1625 - 1672
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,367
719 - 756
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,368
1883 - 1933
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,369
1521 - 1573
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,370
1271 - 1305
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,371
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,372
1900 - 1986
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,373
941 - 986
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,374
1904 - 1988
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,375
837 - 871
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 1,376
1396 - 1458
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,377
700 - 719
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,378
Among people born in 1948, George Tupou V ranks 21. Before him are Hassan Rouhani, Andrzej Sapkowski, Jan Palach, Kathy Bates, Henning Mankell, and Frank Abagnale. After him are Luiz Felipe Scolari, Marcello Lippi, Klaus Meine, Keke Rosberg, Yoshihide Suga, and Antonín Panenka. Among people deceased in 2012, George Tupou V ranks 13. Before him are Ahmed Ben Bella, Eric Hobsbawm, Carroll Shelby, Michael Clarke Duncan, Theo Angelopoulos, and Jon Lord. After him are Rita Levi-Montalcini, Yitzhak Shamir, Ernest Borgnine, Sylvia Kristel, Elinor Ostrom, and Robin Gibb.
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 15
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 16
1948 - 1969
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 17
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 18
1948 - 2015
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 19
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 20
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 21
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 22
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 24
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 25
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 26
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 27
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 9
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 10
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 11
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 13
1909 - 2012
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 14
1915 - 2012
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 15
1917 - 2012
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 16
1952 - 2012
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
1933 - 2012
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 18
1949 - 2012
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 19
Among people born in Tonga, George Tupou V ranks 1 out of 13. After him are Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), Tupou VI (1959), Sālote Tupou III (1900), George Tupou I (1797), 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).
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3
1900 - 1965
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 4
1797 - 1893
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 5
1874 - 1918
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 7
1951 - 2023
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 8
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.88
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.26
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Tonga, George Tupou V ranks 1. After him are Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), Sālote Tupou III (1900), George Tupou I (1797), George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), and Siaosi Sovaleni (1970).
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 2
1900 - 1965
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 3
1797 - 1893
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4
1874 - 1918
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 6
1951 - 2023
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 7
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.98
Rank: 9