1919 - 1999
Georgios Papadopoulos (; Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος [ʝeˈorʝi.os papaˈðopulos]; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's Prime Minister from 1967 to 1973. He also was the President of Greece under the junta in 1973, following a referendum. However, after the effective suppression of the Athens Polytechnic uprising, he was, in turn, overthrown by hardliner Dimitrios Ioannidis, in a string of events that would culminate to the fall of the regime in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgios Papadopoulos has received more than 916,482 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Georgios Papadopoulos is the 1,902nd most popular politician (down from 1,786th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Greece (down from 147th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Greek Politician.
Georgios Papadopoulos was a Greek military officer who led a coup d'état that overthrew King Constantine II of Greece and his government.
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Among politicians, Georgios Papadopoulos ranks 1,902 out of 15,577. Before him are Salome Zourabichvili, Abd al-Rahman II, Masoud Barzani, John I of Castile, Ismail II, and Attalus I. After him are William V, Prince of Orange, Milo of Croton, Ananda Mahidol, Lütfi Pasha, Jim Mattis, and Joan II of Navarre.
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 1,896
788 - 852
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,897
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,898
1358 - 1390
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,899
1533 - 1577
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,900
269 BC - 197 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 1,901
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 1,902
1748 - 1806
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 1,903
557 BC - 550 BC
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,904
1925 - 1946
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,905
1488 - 1562
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 1,906
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 1,907
1311 - 1349
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 1,908
Among people born in 1919, Georgios Papadopoulos ranks 13. Before him are Desmond Doss, Primo Levi, Zhao Ziyang, Giulio Andreotti, Margot Fonteyn, and Lino Ventura. After him are Nat King Cole, Choi Kyu-hah, Donald Pleasence, Kim Jong-suk, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Fausto Coppi. Among people deceased in 1999, Georgios Papadopoulos ranks 16. Before him are Amália Rodrigues, Yehudi Menuhin, Raisa Gorbacheva, Wilt Chamberlain, Robert Bresson, and Wassily Leontief. After him are Petr Shelokhonov, Willi Stoph, Desmond Llewelyn, Jerzy Grotowski, Joe DiMaggio, and Dirk Bogarde.
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 7
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 8
1919 - 2005
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 9
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 10
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 11
1919 - 1987
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 12
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 13
1919 - 1965
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 14
1919 - 2006
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 15
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 16
1919 - 1949
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 17
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 18
1919 - 1960
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 19
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 10
1916 - 1999
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 11
1932 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 12
1936 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 13
1901 - 1999
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 14
1906 - 1999
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 15
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 16
1929 - 1999
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 17
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 18
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 19
1933 - 1999
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 20
1914 - 1999
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 21
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 22
Among people born in Greece, Georgios Papadopoulos ranks 155 out of 936. Before him are Pausanias (null), Craterus (-370), Longus (110), Pleistarchus (-500), Lysander (-401), and Prodicus (-460). After him are Antipope Alexander V (1339), Antonia Minor (-36), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), and Cleomenes I (-600).
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 149
370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 150
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 151
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 152
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 153
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 154
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 155
1339 - 1410
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 156
36 BC - 37
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 157
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 158
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 159
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 160
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 161
Among politicians born in Greece, Georgios Papadopoulos ranks 56. Before him are Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Agesilaus II (-444), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), and Pleistarchus (-500). After him are Antonia Minor (-36), Cleomenes I (-600), Aeschines (-389), Nicias (-500), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), and Cleomenes III (-260).
1871 - 1941
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 50
550 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 51
1455 - 1503
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 52
444 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 53
1776 - 1831
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 54
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 55
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 56
36 BC - 37
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 57
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 58
389 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 59
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 60
319 BC - 239 BC
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 61
260 BC - 219 BC
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 62