1922 - 2020
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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Among politicians, Manolis Glezos ranks 7,458 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1722 - 1757
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,452
1827 - 1913
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,453
1650 BC - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,454
1379 - 1428
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,455
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,456
1683 - 1756
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,457
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,458
1438 - 1473
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 7,459
1642 - 1722
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,460
1871 - 1942
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,461
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,462
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,463
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,464
Among people born in 1922, Manolis Glezos ranks 133. Before 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 133. Before 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.
1922 - 2014
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 127
1922 - 2012
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 128
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 129
1922 - 2004
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 130
1922 - 2013
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 131
1922 - 1998
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 132
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 133
1922 - 1999
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 134
1922 - 2000
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 135
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 136
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 137
1922 - 1967
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 138
1922 - 1951
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 139
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 127
1933 - 2020
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 128
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 129
1931 - 2020
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 130
1946 - 2020
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 131
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 132
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 133
1920 - 2020
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 134
1936 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 135
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 136
1920 - 2020
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 137
1918 - 2020
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 138
1933 - 2020
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 139
Among people born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 404 out of 936. Before 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).
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 398
1842 - 1901
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 399
480 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 400
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 401
420 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 402
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 403
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 404
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 405
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 406
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 407
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 408
255 BC - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 409
50 - 100
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 410
Among politicians born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 176. Before 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).
320 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 170
1647 - 1688
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 171
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 172
1903 - 2002
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 173
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 174
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 175
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 176
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 177
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 178
1326 - 1380
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 179
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 180
361 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 181
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 182