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Manolis Glezos

1922 - 2020

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Manolis Glezos (Greek: Μανώλης Γλέζος; 9 September 1922 – 30 March 2020) was a Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and folk hero, best known for his participation in the World War II resistance. In Greece, he is best remembered for taking down the Flag of Nazi Germany from the Acropolis during the Axis occupation of Greece, along with Lakis Santas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manolis Glezos has received more than 267,775 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Manolis Glezos is the 8,067th most popular politician (down from 7,438th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 404th in 2019) and the 180th most popular Greek Politician.

Manolis Glezos is most famous for tearing down the Nazi German flag from the Acropolis in Athens in May 1941.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manolis Glezos ranks 8,067 out of 19,576. Before him are William I of Provence, Giorgi Margvelashvili, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Francis I Rákóczi, Tostig Godwinson, and Chandrika Kumaratunga. After him are Ottone Visconti, Masaharu Homma, Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, Titus Flavius Clemens, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, and Lubomír Štrougal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Manolis Glezos ranks 144. Before him are Dana Zátopková, Vasili Mitrokhin, Elissa Aalto, Fikret Amirov, Dilip Kumar, and Tadeusz Borowski. After him are Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Sōsuke Uno, Anatoli Papanov, Paul Scofield, Susanna Agnelli, and Kevin Roche. Among people deceased in 2020, Manolis Glezos ranks 143. Before him are Sergei Khrushchev, Jean Kennedy Smith, Dana Zátopková, Amfilohije Radović, Ben Cross, and Georg Ratzinger. After him are Mustafa Nadarević, Claude Bolling, Joaquín Peiró, Pierre Nkurunziza, Jerry Rawlings, and Pentti Linkola.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 423 out of 1,024. Before him are Battus I of Cyrene (-580), Kresilas (-480), Aristomenes (-700), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), and Dexippus (210). After him are Antonis Samaras (1951), Costas Simitis (1936), Hermarchus (-325), Agis I (-957), Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (1952), and Philotheus I of Constantinople (1300).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 180. Before him are Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967), Antalcidas (-500), Battus I of Cyrene (-580), Aristomenes (-700), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), and Constantine Phaulkon (1647). After him are Antonis Samaras (1951), Costas Simitis (1936), Agis I (-957), Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899), Alexandros Zaimis (1855), and Agapenor (null).

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