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Nana Akufo-Addo

1944 - Today

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William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( a-KUUF-oh ah-DOH; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from 2017 to 2025. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the administration of then-president John Kufuor. Akufo-Addo first ran for president in the year 2008 and again in 2012, both times as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nana Akufo-Addo has received more than 2,483,425 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Nana Akufo-Addo is the 4,122nd most popular politician (up from 5,181st in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Ghana and the 2nd most popular Ghanaian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 4,122 out of 19,576. Before him are Altiero Spinelli, Fikret Abdić, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Lothar von Richthofen, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Mario Beccaria. After him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, Antipope Eulalius, Berenice III of Egypt, Prince Henry of Prussia, Qin Hui, and Emperor Ninken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 95. Before him are Erwin Neher, Karin Schubert, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Mairead Maguire, Bernard Cornwell, and Tahar Ben Jelloun. After him are Killing of Peter Fechter, Mordechai Spiegler, Keith Emerson, Jeroen Krabbé, Sondra Locke, and Ren Zhengfei.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 4 out of 162. Before him are Kofi Annan (1938), Kwame Nkrumah (1909), and Marcel Desailly (1968). After him are Abedi Pele (1964), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Michael Essien (1982), John Atta Mills (1944), Peter Turkson (1948), and Peter Mensah (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 2. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909). After him are Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Jerry Rawlings (1947), John Atta Mills (1944), John Kufuor (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Fred Akuffo (1937), Hilla Limann (1934), and Akwasi Afrifa (1936).

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