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Lamine Diack

1933 - 2021

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Lamine Diack (7 June 1933 – 3 December 2021) was a Senegalese businessman, sports administrator, and athlete. He was president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015. He was the subject of numerous investigations into corruption during his tenure as president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lamine Diack has received more than 146,942 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Lamine Diack is the 339th most popular businessperson (down from 141st in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Senegal (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Senegalese Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lamine Diacks by language

Over the past year Lamine Diack has had the most page views in the with 10,464 views, followed by French (5,842), and Italian (1,579). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (117.17%), Simple English (65.45%), and French (37.20%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Lamine Diack ranks 339 out of 847. Before him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Martin Winterkorn, Sundar Pichai, Viktor Vekselberg, Timothy Dexter, and B. C. Forbes. After him are Max Manus, Chris Gardner, Evangelos Zappas, Arthur D. Levinson, Lei Jun, and Thierry Breton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Lamine Diack ranks 213. Before him are Gloria Foster, Ray Dolby, Evaristo de Macedo, Mariya Pisareva, Siân Phillips, and Hope Lange. After him are Gene Kranz, Renée Taylor, Justo Tejada, Titus Buberník, Nexhmije Pagarusha, and Julian Bream. Among people deceased in 2021, Lamine Diack ranks 224. Before him are Kjell Askildsen, Marc Ferro, Yury Vlasov, Roger Hunt, Louis Andriessen, and Margitta Gummel. After him are Freimut Börngen, Yevhen Marchuk, Sergei Kovalev, Carlos do Carmo, Nick Kamen, and Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Lamine Diack ranks 14 out of 138. Before him are Ousmane Sembène (1923), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Sadio Mané (1992), Patrice Evra (1981), Mariama Bâ (1929), and Jean-Pierre Adams (1948). After him are Souleymane Sané (1961), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Aliou Cissé (1976), Papa Bouba Diop (1978), Mame Madior Boye (1940), and Mamadou Dia (1910).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Senegal

Among businesspeople born in Senegal, Lamine Diack ranks 1. 

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