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Gustáv Husák

1913 - 1991

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Gustáv Husák (UK: , US: , Slovak: [ˈɡustaːw ˈɦusaːk]; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustáv Husák has received more than 501,672 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Gustáv Husák is the 1,042nd most popular politician (up from 1,100th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 8th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Slovak Politician.

Gustáv Husák was the president of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989. He is most famous for his liberalization policies that led to the Velvet Revolution in 1989.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gustáv Husáks by language

Over the past year Gustáv Husák has had the most page views in the with 104,749 views, followed by English (74,449), and Slovak (38,015). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (476.92%), Ido (91.08%), and Slovenian (80.09%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gustáv Husák ranks 1,042 out of 19,576. Before him are Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Irma Grese, Saud of Saudi Arabia, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, and Louis V of France. After him are Liu Shaoqi, John VIII Palaiologos, Frederick VII of Denmark, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Olaf II of Denmark, and Lee Myung-bak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Gustáv Husák ranks 14. Before him are Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Josef Bican, Claude Simon, Jesse Owens, and Klaus Barbie. After him are Burt Lancaster, Ramón Mercader, Paul Ricœur, Willis Lamb, Makarios III, and Sabiha Gökçen. Among people deceased in 1991, Gustáv Husák ranks 15. Before him are Carl David Anderson, Klaus Kinski, Jiang Qing, Klaus Barbie, John Bardeen, and Miles Davis. After him are Soichiro Honda, Graham Greene, Lazar Kaganovich, Frank Capra, Michael Landon, and Marcel Lefebvre.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Gustáv Husák ranks 6 out of 418. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Philipp Lenard (1862), Gyula Andrássy (1823), and Jozef Tiso (1887). After him are Ferenc Szálasi (1897), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), and Robert Fico (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Gustáv Husák ranks 4. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), Gyula Andrássy (1823), and Jozef Tiso (1887). After him are Ferenc Szálasi (1897), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), and Vladimír Mečiar (1942).

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