1954 - Today
José María Figueres Olsen (born 24 December 1954) is a Costa Rican businessman and politician, who served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. He also ran for president in the 2022 presidential election but was defeated by Rodrigo Chaves. Figueres started his career as an engineer working in agribusiness. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José María Figueres has received more than 238,624 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). José María Figueres is the 12,757th most popular politician (up from 13,771st in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Costa Rica (up from 25th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Costa Rican Politician.
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Among politicians, José María Figueres ranks 12,757 out of 15,577. Before him are Gyula Kállai, Fatima Jinnah, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Mikhail Katkov, Rodney Williams, and Pia Kjærsgaard. After him are Yuriy Boyko, Colville Young, Mirza Ibrahimov, Sandra Kalniete, José Tadeo Monagas, and Titus Aebutius Elva.
1910 - 1996
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 12,751
1893 - 1967
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 12,752
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 12,753
1818 - 1887
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,754
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,755
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,756
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,757
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,758
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,759
1911 - 1993
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,760
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,761
1784 - 1868
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,762
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,763
Among people born in 1954, José María Figueres ranks 227. Before him are François Van der Elst, Koen Lenaerts, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Annette Haven, Jan Theuninck, and Akemi Iwata. After him are Jaume Bartumeu, Joep Lange, Ken Stott, Mario Testino, Graziano Rossi, and Francis Buchholz.
1954 - 2017
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 221
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 222
1954 - 2021
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 223
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 224
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 225
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 226
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 227
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 228
1954 - 2014
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 229
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 230
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 231
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 232
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 233
Among people born in Costa Rica, José María Figueres ranks 10 out of 104. Before him are Keylor Navas (1986), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940). After him are Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), and Christiana Figueres (1956).
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 8
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 10
1900 - 1960
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 11
1875 - 1964
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 12
1868 - 1931
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 13
1891 - 1973
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 14
1900 - 1970
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 15
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 16
Among politicians born in Costa Rica, José María Figueres ranks 7. Before him are Óscar Arias (1940), José Figueres Ferrer (1906), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940). After him are Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900), and Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926).
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 1
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 3
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 7
1900 - 1960
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 8
1875 - 1964
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 9
1868 - 1931
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 10
1891 - 1973
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 11
1900 - 1970
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 12
1926 - 2009
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 13