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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 250,325 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Manolis Glezos is the 7,458th most popular politician (down from 2,804th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Greece (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 176th 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)

  • 4.54

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  • 2.93

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manolis Glezos ranks 7,458 out of 15,577Before him are Amursana, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Merneferre Ay, Zawisza Czarny, Costas Simitis, and Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are James II of Cyprus, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Cesare Mori, Zhang Wentian, Moza bint Nasser, and Adama Barrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Manolis Glezos ranks 133Before him are Leo Tindemans, Manuel Fraga, Raymond Franz, Vasili Mitrokhin, Eleanor Parker, and Sōsuke Uno. After him are Yuri Knorozov, Charles M. Schulz, Kevin Roche, Howard Zinn, Luis Somoza Debayle, and Tadeusz Borowski. Among people deceased in 2020, Manolis Glezos ranks 133Before him are Dana Zátopková, Otto Barić, Ben Cross, Pascal Lissouba, Peter Sutcliffe, and Margaret Burbidge. After him are Albert Memmi, Dyanne Thorne, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Paik Sun-yup, Borys Paton, and Michel Hidalgo.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 404 out of 936Before him are Aristyllus (-400), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Kresilas (-480), Dorieus (-600), Isaeus (-420), and Costas Simitis (1936). After him are Ieronymos II of Athens (1938), Agoracritus (-500), Lais of Corinth (-400), Polykleitos the Younger (-400), Phylarchus (-255), and Phoebe (50).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 176Before him are Meleager (-320), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Antalcidas (-500), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Dorieus (-600), and Costas Simitis (1936). After him are Lais of Corinth (-400), Yanis Varoufakis (1961), Manuel Kantakouzenos (1326), Antonis Samaras (1951), Dinarchus (-361), and Teucer (null).