1944 - 2012
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 643,159 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). John Atta Mills is the 10,772nd most popular politician (up from 11,365th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 11th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ghanaian Politician.
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Among politicians, John Atta Mills ranks 10,772 out of 15,577. Before him are Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, Max Vasmer, Oldřich Černík, and Archelaus II of Macedon. After him are Charles Evans Hughes, Conrad I, Count of Württemberg, Ioannis Georgiadis, Roque Sáenz Peña, Carlos Pellegrini, and Agim Çeku.
1758 - 1852
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 10,766
1100 - 1141
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10,767
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10,768
1886 - 1962
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10,769
1921 - 1994
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10,770
450 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10,771
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10,772
1862 - 1948
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10,773
1081 - 1110
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 10,774
1876 - 1960
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 10,775
1851 - 1914
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 10,776
1846 - 1906
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 10,777
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 10,778
Among people born in 1944, John Atta Mills ranks 283. Before him are Abdulah Sidran, Kevin Ayers, Alexander Vencel, Alex Metreveli, Gladys Knight, and Michael Buffer. After him are Angela Winkler, Pierre Arditi, Naná Vasconcelos, George Baker, Rebecca Horn, and Manuela Carmena. Among people deceased in 2012, John Atta Mills ranks 177. Before him are Vicar, Georgi Lozanov, Elliott Carter, Fiorenzo Magni, Boris Parygin, and Celeste Holm. After him are William Thurston, John Hick, Harry Carey Jr., Sage Stallone, Dawoud Rajiha, and Jon Finch.
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 277
1944 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 278
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 279
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 280
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 281
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 282
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 283
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 284
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 285
1944 - 2016
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 286
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 287
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 288
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 289
1934 - 2012
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 171
1926 - 2012
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 172
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 173
1920 - 2012
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 174
1930 - 2012
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 175
1917 - 2012
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 176
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 177
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 178
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 179
1921 - 2012
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 180
1976 - 2012
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 181
1947 - 2012
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 182
1942 - 2012
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 183
Among people born in Ghana, John Atta Mills ranks 13 out of 121. Before him are Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Peter Turkson (1948), Michael Essien (1982), Peter Mensah (1959), and John Kufuor (1938). After him are William Boyd (1952), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Tony Yeboah (1966), Samuel Kuffour (1976), and Asamoah Gyan (1985).
1703 - 1759
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 7
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 11
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 12
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 13
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 14
1915 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 15
1931 - 1979
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 16
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 17
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 18
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 19
Among politicians born in Ghana, John Atta Mills ranks 6. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and John Kufuor (1938). After him are Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), and Edward Akufo-Addo (1906).
1909 - 1972
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 2
1902 - 1963
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 3
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 5
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 6
1915 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 7
1931 - 1979
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 8
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 9
1934 - 1998
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 10
1937 - 1979
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 11
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 12