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Juan Antonio Samaranch

1920 - 2010

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Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (Catalan: Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan ənˈtɔni səməˈɾaŋ]; 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Antonio Samaranch has received more than 497,667 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Juan Antonio Samaranch is the 1,750th most popular politician (down from 1,386th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Spain (down from 114th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Spanish Politician.

Juan Antonio Samaranch is most famous for being the President of the International Olympic Committee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 1,750 out of 19,576. Before him are Sultan Cem, Songtsen Gampo, Sergey Bubka, Desiderius, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and Fulk, King of Jerusalem. After him are Hyeonjong of Joseon, Theophanu, Chester A. Arthur, Philip V of Macedon, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, and Sahure.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 24. Before him are Boris Vian, Traudl Junge, Éric Rohmer, Richard von Weizsäcker, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Charlie Parker. After him are Helmut Newton, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, François Jacob, Zecharia Sitchin, and Fritz Walter. Among people deceased in 2010, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 14. Before him are Benoit Mandelbrot, Bobby Farrell, Dennis Hopper, Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, and Tsutomu Yamaguchi. After him are Georges Charpak, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Maurice Allais, Vasily Smyslov, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, and Zecharia Sitchin.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 144 out of 3,355. Before him are Inês de Castro (1325), Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913), and Henry II of Navarre (1503). After him are Josemaría Escrivá (1902), James II of Aragon (1267), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), José Echegaray (1832), and Peter IV of Aragon (1319).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Juan Antonio Samaranch ranks 45. Before him are Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870), Princess Isabella of Parma (1741), Almanzor (930), Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380), Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913), and Henry II of Navarre (1503). After him are James II of Aragon (1267), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), Peter IV of Aragon (1319), José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), Ferdinand I of León (1016), and Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155).

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