POLITICIAN

Mutesa II of Buganda

1924 - 1969

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Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969) was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. He was the 35th Kabaka of Buganda and the first president of Uganda from 1962 to 1966, when he was overthrown by Milton Obote. The foreign press often referred to him as King Freddie, a name rarely used in Uganda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mutesa II of Buganda has received more than 442,149 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mutesa II of Buganda is the 12,030th most popular politician (down from 10,625th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ugandan Politician.

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  • 51.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Mutesa II of Buganda has had the most page views in the with 67,821 views, followed by Russian (8,038), and French (4,433). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Yoruba (56.46%), Basque (42.97%), and Danish (39.87%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 12,030 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Bogdan Kobulov, Francesco Bartolozzi, Sempronia, Kazimierz Sabbat, and Gertrude of Brunswick. After him are Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany, Amyntas II of Macedon, Quintus Lollius Urbicus, Saadeddine Othmani, Eva Joly, and Tiridates II of Armenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 230. Before him are George Segal, Yasuzo Masumura, Tatyana Lioznova, Dennis Weaver, Max van der Stoel, and Philip Stone. After him are Li Li-hua, Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alphons Egli, Navvab Safavi, and Ján Chryzostom Korec. Among people deceased in 1969, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 120. Before him are Madhubala, Serge Poliakoff, Leopold von Wiese, Ilse Steppat, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, and Karl Kaufmann. After him are Simon Vratsian, Al Taliaferro, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Gunnar Andersson, Aleksandr Deyneka, and Karl Freund.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 7 out of 55. Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Joseph Kony (1961), Milton Obote (1925), Tito Okello (1914), and Charles Lwanga (1860). After him are John Akii-Bua (1949), Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), Emmanuel Wamala (1926), and Danny Faure (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uganda

Among politicians born in Uganda, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 5. Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), and Tito Okello (1914). After him are Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Danny Faure (1962), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Ruhakana Rugunda (1947), Paulo Muwanga (1924), and Robinah Nabbanja (1969).

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