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Ioannis Kapodistrias

1776 - 1831

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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. Capodistrias' involvement in politics begun as a minister of the Septinsular Republic in the early 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ioannis Kapodistrias has received more than 694,869 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ioannis Kapodistrias is the 1,893rd most popular politician (down from 1,815th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Greece (up from 148th in 2019) and the 50th 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

Among politicians, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 1,893 out of 19,576Before him are Yejong of Joseon, Ḫattušili III, Gaykhatu, Tang of Shang, Cao Rui, and Ismail II. After him are Jeconiah, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Eric VI of Denmark, John V of Portugal, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and Agathocles of Syracuse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 7Before him are Amedeo Avogadro, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Sophie Germain, John Constable, and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Caroline of Baden, Şehzade Abdullah, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, and Jean-Pierre Boyer. Among people deceased in 1831, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 7Before him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Carl von Clausewitz, James Monroe, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Sophie Germain, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Emilia Plater, Nat Turner, Achim von Arnim, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 144 out of 1,024Before him are Tyrtaeus (-700), Pope Hyginus (100), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pope Eleutherius (171), Saint Giles (640), and Costa-Gavras (1933). After him are Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Djemal Pasha (1872), and Speusippus (-407).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias ranks 50Before him are Critias (-460), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Hippias (-600), and Antonia Minor (-36). After him are Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Agesilaus II (-444), and Aeschines (-389).