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João Havelange

1916 - 2016

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Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w aviˈlɐ̃ʒi], French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi fostɛ̃ ɡɔdfʁwa də avlɑ̃ʒ]; 8 May 1916 – 16 August 2016) was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president is the second longest in FIFA's history, behind that of Jules Rimet. He received the title of honorary president when leaving office, but resigned in April 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Havelange has received more than 1,041,718 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). João Havelange is the 36th most popular businessperson (up from 37th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Businessperson.

João Hélange is most famous for his work in the field of geophysics, which includes the discovery of the Earth's inner core.

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  • 69.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, João Havelange ranks 36 out of 847. Before him are Carlos Slim, P. T. Barnum, Jules Rimet, Liliane Bettencourt, J. P. Morgan, and Philip Kotler. After him are Guccio Gucci, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Andrew Carnegie, Soichiro Honda, Joan Gamper, and Hugh Hefner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, João Havelange ranks 14. Before him are Francis Crick, Aldo Moro, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Gough Whitlam, and Claude Shannon. After him are Ahmed Ben Bella, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Handler, Harold Wilson, Yehudi Menuhin, and Herbert A. Simon. Among people deceased in 2016, João Havelange ranks 20. Before him are Dario Fo, Andrzej Wajda, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Islam Karimov, Cesare Maldini, and Carlos Alberto Torres. After him are George Michael, Prince, Abbas Kiarostami, Jerome Bruner, Nancy Reagan, and Bernardo Provenzano.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Havelange ranks 18 out of 2,236. Before him are Jairzinho (1944), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Sócrates (1954), and Didi (1928). After him are Getúlio Vargas (1882), Jorge Amado (1912), Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Ronaldinho (1980), and Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Brazil

Among businesspeople born in Brazil, João Havelange ranks 1. After him are Carlos Ghosn (1954), Jorge Paulo Lemann (1939), Silvio Santos (1930), Eduardo Saverin (1982), Eike Batista (1956), Mike Krieger (1986), and Ivan Monteiro (null).

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