1917 - 2015
Ahmet Kenan Evren (Turkish: [ˈce.nan ˈev.ɾɛn]; 17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the seventh President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup. On 18 June 2014, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment and demotion of his military rank, (down to private from army general) for leading the military coup in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenan Evren has received more than 608,900 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Kenan Evren is the 1,830th most popular politician (down from 1,674th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 230th in 2019) and the 136th most popular Turkish Politician.
Kenan Evren was a Turkish military officer who led the 1980 coup d'état that overthrew the government of the Turkish democratic republic.
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Among politicians, Kenan Evren ranks 1,830 out of 15,577. Before him are Francis, Duke of Anjou, Ludvík Svoboda, Baasha of Israel, Alexios V Doukas, Luís I of Portugal, and Boris Johnson. After him are Andrey Vyshinsky, Edward, King of Portugal, Nikolai Podgorny, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Herman Van Rompuy, and Naram-Sin of Akkad.
1555 - 1584
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 1,824
1895 - 1979
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,825
1000 BC - 960 BC
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,826
1140 - 1204
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,827
1838 - 1889
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,828
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,829
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,830
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,831
1391 - 1438
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,832
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,833
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,834
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,835
2254 BC - 2118 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,836
Among people born in 1917, Kenan Evren ranks 19. Before him are I. M. Pei, Robert Mitchum, Christian de Duve, Sidney Sheldon, Dean Martin, and Joan Clarke. After him are Nur Muhammad Taraki, Otto Günsche, Louis Zamperini, Rochus Misch, Óscar Romero, and Jean-Pierre Melville. Among people deceased in 2015, Kenan Evren ranks 25. Before him are Kim Young-sam, Josef Masopust, Leonard Nimoy, Ulrich Beck, Richard von Weizsäcker, and Otto Carius. After him are Maya Plisetskaya, Eduardo Galeano, Val Logsdon Fitch, Douglass North, Tariq Aziz, and Manoel de Oliveira.
1917 - 2019
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 13
1917 - 1997
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 14
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 15
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 16
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 17
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 18
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 19
1917 - 1979
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 20
1917 - 2003
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 21
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 22
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 23
1917 - 1980
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 24
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 25
1927 - 2015
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 19
1931 - 2015
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 20
1931 - 2015
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 21
1944 - 2015
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 22
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 23
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 24
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 25
1925 - 2015
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 26
1940 - 2015
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 27
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 28
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 29
1936 - 2015
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 30
1908 - 2015
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 31
Among people born in Turkey, Kenan Evren ranks 240 out of 1,301. Before him are Alaeddin Pasha (1250), Gordian I (159), Michael V Kalaphates (1015), Constantine VI (771), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), and Alexios V Doukas (1140). After him are Justin II (520), Philippikos Bardanes (700), Attalus I (-269), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Niketas Choniates (1155), and Isidore of Miletus (442).
1250 - 1330
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 234
159 - 238
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 235
1015 - 1042
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 236
771 - 802
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 237
1169 - 1183
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 238
1140 - 1204
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 239
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 240
520 - 578
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 241
700 - 713
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 242
269 BC - 197 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 243
1160 - 1233
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 244
1155 - 1217
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 245
442 - 537
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 246
Among politicians born in Turkey, Kenan Evren ranks 136. Before him are Alaeddin Pasha (1250), Gordian I (159), Michael V Kalaphates (1015), Constantine VI (771), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), and Alexios V Doukas (1140). After him are Justin II (520), Philippikos Bardanes (700), Attalus I (-269), John IV Laskaris (1250), Eumenes II (-221), and Alexander (870).
1250 - 1330
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 130
159 - 238
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 131
1015 - 1042
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 132
771 - 802
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 133
1169 - 1183
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 134
1140 - 1204
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 135
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 136
520 - 578
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 137
700 - 713
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 138
269 BC - 197 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 139
1250 - 1305
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 140
221 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 141
870 - 913
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 142