1958 - Today
John Dramani Mahama ( ; born on Saturday, 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. He previously served as Vice President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and took office as president on 24 July 2012 following the death of his predecessor, John Evans Fiifi Attah Mills. A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he was Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi from 1997 to 2009 and served as Deputy Minister for Communication between 1997 and 1998 before becoming the substantive Minister for Communications in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Mahama has received more than 579,191 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). John Mahama is the 14,277th most popular politician (down from 13,513th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Ghana (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ghanaian Politician.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among politicians, John Mahama ranks 14,277 out of 15,577. Before him are Stephen Hopkins, Vladas Mironas, Juan Pereda, Michèle Pierre-Louis, Irene Camber, and Emily Donelson. After him are Donald Regan, Nabu-apla-iddina, Antonio Saca, Sigurður Eggerz, Osbald of Northumbria, and Win Tin.
1707 - 1785
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 14,271
1880 - 1953
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 14,272
1931 - 2012
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 14,273
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 14,274
1926 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 14,275
1807 - 1836
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 14,276
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 14,277
1918 - 2003
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 14,278
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 14,279
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 14,280
1875 - 1945
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 14,281
800 - 799
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 14,282
1929 - 2014
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 14,283
Among people born in 1958, John Mahama ranks 262. Before him are Yu Suzuki, Bob Bradley, Abdi Farah Shirdon, You Xie, Amy Pascal, and Heinz Hermann. After him are Cazuza, Alexander Nevzorov, Mike Mills, Francesca Woodman, Wafa Sultan, and Chuck Russell.
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 256
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 257
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 258
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 259
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 260
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 261
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 262
1958 - 1990
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 263
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 264
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 265
1958 - 1981
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 266
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 267
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 268
Among people born in Ghana, John Mahama ranks 20 out of 121. Before him are William Boyd (1952), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Tony Yeboah (1966), Samuel Kuffour (1976), and Asamoah Gyan (1985). After him are Sulley Muntari (1984), Stephen Appiah (1980), Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), Gerald Asamoah (1978), and Efua Dorkenoo (1949).
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
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 20
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 21
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 22
1934 - 1998
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 23
1937 - 1979
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 24
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 25
1949 - 2014
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 26
Among politicians born in Ghana, John Mahama ranks 9. Before him are Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Jerry Rawlings (1947), John Kufuor (1938), John Atta Mills (1944), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), and Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931). After him are Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913).
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
1936 - 1979
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 13
1913 - 1978
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 14