POLITICIAN

Girma Wolde-Giorgis

1924 - 2018

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Girma Wolde-Giorgis (Amharic: ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ; 28 December 1924 – 15 December 2018) was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Girma Wolde-Giorgis has received more than 195,463 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Girma Wolde-Giorgis is the 5,431st most popular politician (down from 4,622nd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis is most famous for being the first black African to win an Olympic gold medal. He won the 10,000 meter race at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 58.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 5,431 out of 19,576. Before him are Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Burt Munro, Prisca, Mikhail of Tver, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, and Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. After him are Ottokar Czernin, Zhang Lu, Bo Xilai, Blanche of Anjou, David Sassoli, and Basina of Thuringia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 81. Before him are Kim Song-ae, Lee Iacocca, André Franquin, Paisios of Mount Athos, Milka Planinc, and Haim Bar-Lev. After him are Sverre Fehn, Kenneth Waltz, Kenneth Kaunda, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Ottmar Walter, and Paul Desmond. Among people deceased in 2018, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 73. Before him are Thomas A. Steitz, Anthony Bourdain, Steve Ditko, Christine Nöstlinger, Quini, and Thorvald Stoltenberg. After him are Efraín Ríos Montt, Henri Michel, Samir Amin, Whitey Bulger, James Mirrlees, and Odvar Nordli.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 14 out of 105. Before him are Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), and Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650). After him are Tewodros II (1818), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), and Abiy Ahmed (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 10. Before him are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), and Sahle-Work Zewde (1950). After him are Tewodros II (1818), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), and Abiy Ahmed (1976).

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