1924 - 2018
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 183,485 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Girma Wolde-Giorgis is the 4,633rd most popular politician (down from 3,997th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 9th in 2019) and the 9th 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.
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Among politicians, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 4,633 out of 15,577. Before him are Mamoru Shigemitsu, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Baron Alexander von Bach, Mahmud II, Fan Noli, and Manuel Belgrano. After him are Stefan Vladislav, Nikolay Shvernik, Valentina Matviyenko, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Leo I, King of Armenia, and Treniota.
1887 - 1957
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4,627
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4,628
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4,629
1105 - 1131
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4,630
1882 - 1965
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4,631
1770 - 1820
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4,632
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4,633
1198 - 1267
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 4,634
1888 - 1970
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 4,635
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 4,636
1560 - 1641
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,637
1150 - 1219
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,638
1210 - 1264
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,639
Among people born in 1924, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 72. Before him are Ante Marković, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, André Franquin, Dorothy Malone, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, and Leonid Kogan. After him are Rauf Denktaş, Tomiichi Murayama, James Baldwin, Stanley Donen, Kenneth Waltz, and John Backus. Among people deceased in 2018, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 65. Before him are Gene Sharp, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Steve Ditko, Dorothy Malone, and Anthony Bourdain. After him are Ruud Lubbers, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Joe Jackson, Samir Amin, Oskar Gröning, and Eunice Gayson.
1924 - 2011
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 66
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 67
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 68
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 69
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 70
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 71
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 72
1924 - 2012
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 73
1924 - Present
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 74
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 75
1924 - 2019
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 76
1924 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 77
1924 - 2007
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 78
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 59
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 60
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 61
1927 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 62
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 63
1956 - 2018
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 64
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 65
1939 - 2018
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 66
1931 - 2018
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 67
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 68
1931 - 2018
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 69
1921 - 2018
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 70
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 71
Among people born in Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 11 out of 89. Before him are Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), and Sahle-Work Zewde (1950). After him are Tewodros II (1818), Meles Zenawi (1955), Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), and Abiy Ahmed (1976).
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 5
954 BC - 930 BC
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 6
320 - 400
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 7
1895 - 1935
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 10
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 11
1818 - 1868
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 12
1955 - 2012
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 13
650 - 680
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 14
1916 - 1997
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 15
1200 - 1221
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 16
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis ranks 9. Before him are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), and Sahle-Work Zewde (1950). After him are Tewodros II (1818), Meles Zenawi (1955), Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Abiy Ahmed (1976), and Mulatu Teshome (1955).
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 3
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 4
954 BC - 930 BC
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 5
1895 - 1935
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 8
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 9
1818 - 1868
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 10
1955 - 2012
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 11
1916 - 1997
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 12
1200 - 1221
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 13
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 15