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José Manuel Barroso

1956 - Today

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José Manuel Durão Barroso (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ mɐˈnwɛl duˈɾɐ̃w bɐˈʁozu]; born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He previously served as the 114th prime minister of Portugal and from 2004–2014 as the 11th president of the European Commission.He has been one of the revolving door cases at the EU, which received the most media attention because only two months after the cooling off period, Barroso accepted a position as "senior adviser " and "non-executive chairman" of Goldman Sachs International. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Manuel Barroso has received more than 782,639 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). José Manuel Barroso is the 2,244th most popular politician (up from 2,502nd in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 65th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Portuguese Politician.

The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, is most famous for his work in the European Union and the European Commission. He was the prime minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2009.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of José Manuel Barrosos by language

Over the past year José Manuel Barroso has had the most page views in the with 89,272 views, followed by Portuguese (67,659), and French (25,371). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (4,662.93%), Piedmontese (103.49%), and Ido (93.58%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Manuel Barroso ranks 2,244 out of 19,576. Before him are Arsinoe III of Egypt, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Karl Hermann Frank, Pang Tong, Childeric II, and Bahram V. After him are William IV, Prince of Orange, Khieu Samphan, Ma Chao, James Callaghan, Hermann Müller, and Radu cel Frumos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, José Manuel Barroso ranks 19. Before him are Bryan Cranston, Khaled Mashal, Theresa May, Carrie Fisher, Andy García, and David Copperfield. After him are Chris Isaak, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Judith Butler, Jost Gippert, Linda Hamilton, and Giuseppe Tornatore.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José Manuel Barroso ranks 58 out of 633. Before him are Diogo Cão (1440), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Peter II of Portugal (1648), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), and Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345). After him are Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1939), Viriathus (-180), Miguel I of Portugal (1802), Carmen Miranda (1909), Diogo Dias (1450), and Jorge Jesus (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, José Manuel Barroso ranks 36. Before him are Afonso II of Portugal (1185), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Peter II of Portugal (1648), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), and Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345). After him are Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1939), Viriathus (-180), Jorge Sampaio (1939), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Barbara of Portugal (1711), and Francisco de Almeida (1450).

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