1776 - 1831
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (Greek: Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας; c. 10 February 1776 –27 September 1831 ), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of 19th-century Europe.He only had one romantic affair, with Roxandra StrudzaCapodistrias' involvement in politics begun as a minister of the Septinsular Republic in the early 19th century. He went on to serve as the foreign minister of the Russian Empire from 1816 until his abdication in 1822, when he became increasingly active in supporting the Greek War of Independence that broke out a year earlier. After a long and distinguished career in European politics and diplomacy, he was elected as the first head of state of independent Greece at the 1827 Third National Assembly at Troezen and served as the governor of Greece between 1828 and 1831. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ioannis Kapodistrias has received more than 647,443 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Ioannis Kapodistrias is the 1,821st most popular politician (up from 2,306th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Greece (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Greek Politician.
Ioannis Kapodistrias was a Greek diplomat and the first head of state of independent Greece.
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Among politicians, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 1,821 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Hui of Han, Alexios II Komnenos, Teia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Edward the Martyr, and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. After him are Henry II of Castile, Habibullāh Kalakāni, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Ludvík Svoboda, Baasha of Israel, and Alexios V Doukas.
210 BC - 188 BC
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 1,815
1169 - 1183
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 1,816
550 - 552
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,817
1494 - 1568
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,818
962 - 978
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,819
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,820
1776 - 1831
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,821
1334 - 1379
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,822
1890 - 1929
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,823
1555 - 1584
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 1,824
1895 - 1979
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,825
1000 BC - 960 BC
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,826
1140 - 1204
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,827
Among people born in 1776, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 8. Before him are E. T. A. Hoffmann, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Sophie Germain, John Constable, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Caroline of Baden. After him are Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Şehzade Abdullah, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, and Pehr Henrik Ling. Among people deceased in 1831, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 7. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Carl von Clausewitz, James Monroe, Sophie Germain, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Emilia Plater, Achim von Arnim, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Archduke Rudolf of Austria.
1776 - 1822
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 2
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 3
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 4
1776 - 1837
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 5
1776 - 1810
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 6
1776 - 1841
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 7
1776 - 1831
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 8
1776 - 1847
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 9
1776 - 1849
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 10
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 11
1776 - 1850
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 12
1776 - 1831
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 13
1776 - 1839
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 14
1770 - 1831
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 1
1780 - 1831
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 2
1758 - 1831
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 3
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 4
1804 - 1831
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 5
1779 - 1831
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 6
1776 - 1831
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 7
1757 - 1831
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 8
1806 - 1831
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 9
1781 - 1831
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 10
1765 - 1831
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 11
1800 - 1831
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 12
1788 - 1831
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 13
Among people born in Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 148 out of 936. Before him are Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Agesilaus II (-444), and Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506). After him are Pausanias (null), Craterus (-370), Longus (110), Pleistarchus (-500), Lysander (-401), and Prodicus (-460).
550 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 142
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 143
1455 - 1503
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 144
350 BC - 282 BC
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 145
444 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 146
506 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 147
1776 - 1831
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 148
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
Among politicians born in Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 54. Before him are Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), and Agesilaus II (-444). After him are Pleistarchus (-500), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Antonia Minor (-36), Cleomenes I (-600), Aeschines (-389), and Nicias (-500).
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 48
238 BC - 179 BC
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 49
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