MILITARY PERSONNEL

Georgios Grivas

1897 - 1974

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Georgios Grivas (Greek: Γεώργιος Γρίβας; 6 June 1897 – 27 January 1974), also known by his nickname Digenis (Greek: Διγενής), was the Cypriot founder and leader of the Greek and Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisations Organization X (1942–1949), EOKA (1955–1959) and EOKA B (1971–1974). A specialist of guerrilla and asymmetric warfare, he was one of the main actors in the Cypriot War of Independence, securing the independence of Cyprus against the British Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgios Grivas has received more than 300,980 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Georgios Grivas is the 1,112th most popular military personnel (down from 769th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Cyprus (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Cypriot Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

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  • 54.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Georgios Grivas ranks 1,112 out of 2,058. Before him are Karl Fritzsch, François Séverin Marceau, Pavel Rotmistrov, Tatya Tope, Thermantia, and Charles Mangin. After him are Mineichi Koga, Gylippus, James Wolfe, August Schmidhuber, Franz Moritz von Lacy, and Richard Heidrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Georgios Grivas ranks 136. Before him are Valentin Kataev, Traicho Kostov, Xu Zhimo, Peter Högl, Nima Yooshij, and Edith Head. After him are Wilfred Bion, August Heissmeyer, Horace McCoy, Wilhelm Falley, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini. Among people deceased in 1974, Georgios Grivas ranks 92. Before him are Helmuth Koinigg, Anfilogino Guarisi, Vladimir Fock, Walther Meissner, Messali Hadj, and Donald Crisp. After him are Josef Krips, Earl Warren, Abraham Robinson, Aman Andom, Vladimir Smirnov, and Olga Baclanova.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Georgios Grivas ranks 27 out of 77. Before him are Ersin Tatar (1960), Spyros Kyprianou (1932), Mustafa Akıncı (1947), James III of Cyprus (1473), James I of Cyprus (1334), and Anna Vissi (1957). After him are Peter II of Cyprus (1354), Chrysostomos II of Cyprus (1941), Amalric, Lord of Tyre (1272), Kâmil Pasha (1833), Fazıl Küçük (1906), and Constantine II, King of Armenia (1300).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Cyprus

Among military personnels born in Cyprus, Georgios Grivas ranks 1. 

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