1950 - Today
Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ ˈkaɾluʒ ðɨ alˈmɐjðɐ fõˈsekɐ]; born 20 October 1950) is a Cape Verdean politician, lawyer and university professor who served as the President of Cape Verde from 2011 to 2021. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Supported by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), he won the 2011 presidential election in a second round of voting. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Carlos Fonseca has received more than 351,587 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Jorge Carlos Fonseca is the 3,751st most popular politician (up from 4,927th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Cape Verde (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Cape Verdian Politician.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among politicians, Jorge Carlos Fonseca ranks 3,751 out of 15,577. Before him are Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Malcolm III of Scotland, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Sten Sture the Elder, Abbas I of Egypt, and Publius Licinius Crassus. After him are Caranus of Macedon, Jean Bart, Guy, Count of Flanders, Chen Duxiu, Francis V, Duke of Modena, and Aaron Burr.
1534 - 1594
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 3,745
1031 - 1093
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 3,746
1671 - 1702
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 3,747
1440 - 1503
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 3,748
1816 - 1854
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 3,749
86 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 3,750
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 3,751
900 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 3,752
1650 - 1702
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 3,753
1226 - 1305
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 3,754
1879 - 1942
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 3,755
1819 - 1875
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 3,756
1756 - 1836
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 3,757
Among people born in 1950, Jorge Carlos Fonseca ranks 45. Before him are Tsugumi Ohba, Russell Alan Hulse, Vesna Vulović, Georg Bednorz, Morgan Fairchild, and Grzegorz Lato. After him are Nouri al-Maliki, Nora Roberts, Bjarne Stroustrup, Ma Ying-jeou, Alan Silvestri, and Janez Drnovšek.
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 39
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 40
1950 - 2016
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 41
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 42
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 43
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 44
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 45
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 46
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 47
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 48
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 50
1950 - 2008
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 51
Among people born in Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca ranks 2 out of 22. Before him are Cesária Évora (1941). After him are Pedro Pires (1934), Aristides Pereira (1923), António Mascarenhas Monteiro (1944), José Maria Neves (1960), Carlos Veiga (1949), Ulisses Correia e Silva (1962), Arlindo Gomes Furtado (1949), Oceano Cruz (1962), Gualberto do Rosário (1950), and Rolando (1985).
1941 - 2011
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 1
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 2
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 3
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 4
1944 - 2016
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 6
1949 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 7
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 10
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca ranks 1. After him are Pedro Pires (1934), Aristides Pereira (1923), António Mascarenhas Monteiro (1944), José Maria Neves (1960), Carlos Veiga (1949), Ulisses Correia e Silva (1962), and Gualberto do Rosário (1950).
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 2
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3
1944 - 2016
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 4
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 8