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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 served as the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president is the second longest in FIFA's history, behind only 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 996,484 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. João Havelange is the 37th most popular businessperson (up from 43rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 21st 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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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, João Havelange ranks 37 out of 601Before him are Andrew Carnegie, Steve Ballmer, Hugh Hefner, J. P. Morgan, Guccio Gucci, and Otto Frank. After him are Robert Bosch, J. Paul Getty, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Ettore Bugatti, Ferruccio Lamborghini, and Soichiro Honda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, João Havelange ranks 16Before him are Roald Dahl, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Claude Shannon, Harold Wilson, Ahmed Ben Bella, and Herbert A. Simon. After him are Ferruccio Lamborghini, Hans Eysenck, Yehudi Menuhin, Maurice Wilkins, Camilo José Cela, and Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Among people deceased in 2016, João Havelange ranks 23Before him are Islam Karimov, Andrzej Wajda, George Michael, Abbas Kiarostami, Carlos Alberto Torres, and Jerome Bruner. After him are Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, Prince, Harper Lee, Pierre Boulez, and John Glenn.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Havelange ranks 19 out of 2,067Before him are Jorge Amado (1912), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), and Paulo Freire (1921). After him are Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Nelson Piquet (1952), Ronaldinho (1980), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), and Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Brazil

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