1943 - Today
Lech Wałęsa (; Polish: [ˈlɛɣ vaˈwɛ̃sa] (listen); born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democratically elected President of Poland since 1926 and the first-ever Polish President elected by popular vote. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lech Wałęsa has received more than 2,811,972 page views. His biography is available in 152 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 151 in 2019). Lech Wałęsa is the 152nd most popular politician (up from 233rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Poland (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Politician.
Lech Wałęsa is most famous for being the leader of Solidarity, a Polish trade union that played a major role in the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
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Among politicians, Lech Wałęsa ranks 152 out of 15,577. Before him are Joseph Goebbels, John Major, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Oliver Cromwell, Simón Bolívar, and Cardinal Richelieu. After him are Maximilien Robespierre, Paul von Hindenburg, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Alfred the Great, Louis IX of France, and Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 146
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 147
1503 - 1564
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 148
1599 - 1658
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 149
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 150
1585 - 1642
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 151
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 152
1758 - 1794
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 153
1847 - 1934
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 154
1594 - 1632
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 155
849 - 899
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 156
1214 - 1270
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 157
1685 - 1740
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 158
Among people born in 1943, Lech Wałęsa ranks 4. Before him are Robert De Niro, Janis Joplin, and John Major. After him are Julio Iglesias, Jim Morrison, Catherine Deneuve, Sharon Tate, Mick Jagger, Bobby Fischer, Queen Silvia of Sweden, and George Harrison.
1943 - Present
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 1
1943 - 1970
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 2
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 3
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 5
1943 - 1971
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 7
1943 - 1969
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 8
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 9
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 11
1943 - 2001
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Lech Wałęsa ranks 8 out of 1,454. Before him are Marie Curie (1867), Frédéric Chopin (1810), Pope John Paul II (1920), Arthur Schopenhauer (1788), Catherine the Great (1729), and Rosa Luxemburg (1871). After him are Paul von Hindenburg (1847), David Ben-Gurion (1886), L. L. Zamenhof (1859), Fritz Haber (1868), Günter Grass (1927), and Wernher von Braun (1912).
1867 - 1934
HPI: 90.71
Rank: 2
1810 - 1849
HPI: 88.83
Rank: 3
1920 - 2005
HPI: 85.38
Rank: 4
1788 - 1860
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 5
1729 - 1796
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 6
1871 - 1919
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 8
1847 - 1934
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 9
1886 - 1973
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 10
1859 - 1917
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 11
1868 - 1934
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 12
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 13
1912 - 1977
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 14
Among politicians born in Poland, Lech Wałęsa ranks 1. After him are Paul von Hindenburg (1847), David Ben-Gurion (1886), Władysław IV Vasa (1595), Leonid Kravchuk (1934), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Władysław III of Poland (1424), and Casimir III the Great (1310).
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 1
1847 - 1934
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 2
1886 - 1973
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 3
1595 - 1648
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 4
1934 - 2022
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 5
1456 - 1516
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 6
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 7
1520 - 1572
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 8
1949 - 2010
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 9
1923 - 2014
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 10
1424 - 1444
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 11
1310 - 1370
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 12