POLITICIAN

José Antonio Kast

1966 - Today

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José Antonio Kast Rist (born 18 January 1966), also known by his initials JAK, is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Kast ran for president in 2021, winning the first round and losing in the second round run-off to Gabriel Boric. Part of a prominent political family, his father Michael Kast was a lieutenant in the Nazi Germany Army and his brother Miguel Kast worked as the minister of State and president of the Central Bank of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Antonio Kast has received more than 451,955 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. José Antonio Kast is the 15,160th most popular politician (down from 10,821st in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Chile (down from 60th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Chilean Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of José Antonio Kasts by language

Over the past year José Antonio Kast has had the most page views in the with 166,807 views, followed by English (73,441), and Portuguese (9,735). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (237.46%), Simple English (114.22%), and German (66.67%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Antonio Kast ranks 15,160 out of 19,576Before him are Habib Thiam, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Gnaeus Servilius Caepio, John M. Clayton, and Enrique Tierno Galván. After him are Rosalía Arteaga, Julio Anguita, Vladas Mironas, Bashkim Fino, Tibni, and Jaan Ehlvest.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, José Antonio Kast ranks 223Before him are Dan Schneider, Petar Šegrt, Tim Sköld, Christy Canyon, Pavel Filip, and Milinko Pantić. After him are Lisa Stansfield, John van den Brom, Alberto Acosta, Kim Kielsen, Michael K. Williams, and Gideon Sa'ar.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, José Antonio Kast ranks 120 out of 321Before him are Klaus Junge (1924), Arturo Coddou (1905), Cote de Pablo (1979), Ernesto Chaparro (1901), Francisco Ruiz-Tagle (1790), and Guillermo Saavedra (1903). After him are Juan Rodríguez Vega (1944), Alfredo Duhalde (1898), Alejandro Aravena (1967), Casimiro Torres (1906), Raúl Silva Henríquez (1907), and Carlos Reinoso (1945).

Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, José Antonio Kast ranks 45Before him are Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825), Guillermo Billinghurst (1851), Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850), Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775), José Tomás Ovalle (1787), and Francisco Ruiz-Tagle (1790). After him are Alfredo Duhalde (1898), Remigio Morales Bermúdez (1836), Jerónimo Méndez (1887), Adelina Gutiérrez (1925), and Camila Vallejo (1988).