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John Garang

1945 - 2005

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Dr. John Garang de Mabior (June 23, 1945 – July 30, 2005) was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Garang has received more than 717,562 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John Garang is the 5,531st most popular politician (up from 6,764th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Sudan (up from 8th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Sudanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Garangs by language

Over the past year John Garang has had the most page views in the with 104,467 views, followed by Arabic (29,102), and Russian (10,284). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (49.56%), Esperanto (44.82%), and Belarusian (36.75%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Garang ranks 5,531 out of 19,576. Before him are Samori Ture, Wolfram Sievers, Emperor Wen of Liu Song, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Coloman of Galicia, and Phạm Văn Đồng. After him are John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, García Ramírez of Navarre, Efraín Ríos Montt, and Antonio Tajani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, John Garang ranks 112. Before him are Elis Regina, Jeffrey C. Hall, John Fogerty, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Daniel Olbrychski, and Brion James. After him are Wim Suurbier, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Igor Ivanov, George Alencherry, Angus Deaton, and Patch Adams. Among people deceased in 2005, John Garang ranks 63. Before him are Richard Smalley, Carlo Maria Giulini, Arman, Aenne Burda, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Robert Moog. After him are Henry Taube, Maurice Trintignant, Narriman Sadek, Amrish Puri, Charly Gaul, and Dana Elcar.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, John Garang ranks 7 out of 38. Before him are Luqman (-1100), Mohamed Naguib (1901), Muhammad Ahmad (1844), Omar al-Bashir (1944), Piye (-800), and Josephine Bakhita (1868). After him are Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Tayeb Salih (1929), and Ibrahim Abboud (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, John Garang ranks 4. Before him are Mohamed Naguib (1901), Omar al-Bashir (1944), and Piye (-800). After him are Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), and Abdalla Hamdok (1956).

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