POLITICIAN
John Atta Mills
1944 - 2012
John Atta Mills
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 Ghanaian presidential election. He was previously the Vice-President from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry Rawlings, and he contested unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Atta Mills has received more than 678,039 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). John Atta Mills is the 9,702nd most popular politician (up from 10,742nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Ghana (up from 13th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ghanaian Politician.
Memorability Metrics
680k
Page Views (PV)
53.95
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
63
Languages Editions (L)
3.83
Effective Languages (L*)
5.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, John Atta Mills ranks 9,702 out of 19,576. Before him are Ibrahim Abboud, Sigurd Slembe, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Enrique Cerezo, Quintus Caecilius Metellus, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge. After him are Fredrik Reinfeldt, Ashikaga Yoshihide, Jack Lang, Chungsuk of Goryeo, Princess Olga Paley, and Zbigniew Religa.
Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsIbrahim Abboud
1900 - 1983
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,696
Sigurd Slembe
1100 - 1139
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,697
Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe
1868 - 1945
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,698
Enrique Cerezo
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,699
Quintus Caecilius Metellus
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,700
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
1822 - 1916
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,701
John Atta Mills
1944 - 2012
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,702
Fredrik Reinfeldt
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,703
Ashikaga Yoshihide
1538 - 1568
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9,704
Jack Lang
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 9,705
Chungsuk of Goryeo
1294 - 1339
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 9,706
Princess Olga Paley
1865 - 1929
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 9,707
Zbigniew Religa
1938 - 2009
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 9,708
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1944, John Atta Mills ranks 260. Before him are Angela Winkler, Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Arnon Milchan, Pierre Arditi, and Susana Giménez. After him are Michael Buffer, Wolfgang Weber, Lena Nyman, Vernor Vinge, Earnie Shavers, and Alexander Vencel. Among people deceased in 2012, John Atta Mills ranks 140. Before him are Georgi Lozanov, Iajuddin Ahmed, Lakshmi Sahgal, George Knobel, Pavel Grachev, and Georges Mathieu. After him are Lisa Della Casa, Besse Cooper, Josef Škvorecký, Blagoje Adžić, Alexis Weissenberg, and Maurice Sendak.
Others Born in 1944
Go to all RankingsAngela Winkler
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 254
Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 255
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 256
Arnon Milchan
BUSINESSPERSON
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 257
Pierre Arditi
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 258
Susana Giménez
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 259
John Atta Mills
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2012
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 260
Michael Buffer
PRESENTER
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 261
Wolfgang Weber
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 262
Lena Nyman
ACTOR
1944 - 2011
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 263
Vernor Vinge
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1944 - 2024
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 264
Earnie Shavers
BOXER
1944 - 2022
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 265
Alexander Vencel
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 266
Others Deceased in 2012
Go to all RankingsGeorgi Lozanov
PSYCHOLOGIST
1926 - 2012
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 134
Iajuddin Ahmed
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2012
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 135
Lakshmi Sahgal
POLITICIAN
1914 - 2012
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 136
George Knobel
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2012
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 137
Pavel Grachev
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1948 - 2012
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 138
Georges Mathieu
PAINTER
1921 - 2012
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 139
John Atta Mills
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2012
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 140
Lisa Della Casa
SINGER
1919 - 2012
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 141
Besse Cooper
POLITICIAN
1896 - 2012
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 142
Josef Škvorecký
WRITER
1924 - 2012
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 143
Blagoje Adžić
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1932 - 2012
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 144
Alexis Weissenberg
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2012
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 145
Maurice Sendak
WRITER
1928 - 2012
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 146
In Ghana
Among people born in Ghana, John Atta Mills ranks 10 out of 162. Before him are Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Abedi Pele (1964), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and Michael Essien (1982). After him are Peter Turkson (1948), Peter Mensah (1959), John Kufuor (1938), William Boyd (1952), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), and Samuel Kuffour (1976).
Others born in Ghana
Go to all RankingsNana Akufo-Addo
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 4
Abedi Pele
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 5
Sylvanus Olympio
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1963
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 6
Anton Wilhelm Amo
PHILOSOPHER
1703 - 1759
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 7
Jerry Rawlings
POLITICIAN
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 8
Michael Essien
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 9
John Atta Mills
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2012
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 10
Peter Turkson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 11
Peter Mensah
ACTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 12
John Kufuor
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 13
William Boyd
WRITER
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 14
Joseph Arthur Ankrah
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1992
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 15
Samuel Kuffour
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 16
Among POLITICIANS In Ghana
Among politicians born in Ghana, John Atta Mills ranks 5. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), and Jerry Rawlings (1947). After him are John Kufuor (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Fred Akuffo (1937), Hilla Limann (1934), and Akwasi Afrifa (1936).
Kwame Nkrumah
1909 - 1972
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 1
Nana Akufo-Addo
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 2
Sylvanus Olympio
1902 - 1963
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 3
Jerry Rawlings
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 4
John Atta Mills
1944 - 2012
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 5
John Kufuor
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 6
Joseph Arthur Ankrah
1915 - 1992
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 7
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
1931 - 1979
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 8
John Mahama
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 9
Fred Akuffo
1937 - 1979
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 10
Hilla Limann
1934 - 1998
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 11
Akwasi Afrifa
1936 - 1979
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 12