NOBLEMAN

Menen Asfaw

1889 - 1962

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Menen Asfaw (baptismal name: Walatta Giyorgis; 25 March 1889 – 15 February 1962) was Empress of Ethiopia as the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menen Asfaw has received more than 721,121 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Menen Asfaw is the 1,262nd most popular nobleman, the 42nd most popular biography from Ethiopia and the most popular Ethiopian Nobleman.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Menen Asfaw ranks 1,262 out of 1,415. Before her are Framta, Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen, Sigurd Markusfostre, Balša II, Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg, and Mutnedjmet. After her are Goi of Baekje, Benedicta Hvide, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Rabia Sultan, Swæfred of Essex, and Lucy Walter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Menen Asfaw ranks 234. Before her are Dietrich Kraiss, K. B. Hedgewar, Carl Folcker, Balthasar van der Pol, Sven Markelius, and Matilde Hidalgo. After her are Suzanne Duchamp, Charles Reidpath, Robert A. Taft, Miguel Mariano Gómez, Alberto Ohaco, and Tom Naudé. Among people deceased in 1962, Menen Asfaw ranks 167. Before her are Karen Lachmann, George Preca, Frederick Schule, Willis H. O'Brien, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, and Mykolas Biržiška. After her are Zdeněk Nejedlý, Erik Granfelt, Axel Nordlander, Jean Amrouche, Benny Paret, and Nikolai Pogodin.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Menen Asfaw ranks 42 out of 105. Before her are Mara Takla Haymanot (900), Ezana of Axum (325), Comoros at the 2020 Summer Olympics (null), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Susenyos I (1572), and Tafari Benti (1921). After her are Liya Kebede (1978), Malik Ambar (1548), Hubert Auriol (1952), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (1948), and Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Ethiopia

Among noblemen born in Ethiopia, Menen Asfaw ranks 1. After her are Gelawdewos (1522).

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