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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

1923 - 2001

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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷǐənˀ vān tʰîəwˀ] ; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in 1965, and then president after winning a rigged election in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Văn Thiệu has received more than 1,397,229 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Nguyễn Văn Thiệu is the 2,929th most popular politician (down from 2,606th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 12th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Nguyễn văn thiệu was a South Vietnamese general who became president of South Vietnam in 1967. He was most famous for being the president of South Vietnam when it fell to the North Vietnamese forces in 1975.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 2,929 out of 19,576. Before him are Sancho II of Portugal, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Vojtech Tuka, Kiro Gligorov, Ramzan Kadyrov, and Intef II. After him are Bayinnaung, Childebert III, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Florianus, Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, and Lennart Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 33. Before him are Bert Trautmann, Alan Shepard, Antoni Tàpies, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Arvid Carlsson, and Markus Wolf. After him are Anne Baxter, Nizar Qabbani, Morris, René Girard, Jorge Semprún, and Stjepan Bobek. Among people deceased in 2001, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 31. Before him are Clifford Shull, Robert Ludlum, Dương Văn Minh, William Hanna, Zhang Xueliang, and John Lee Hooker. After him are Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Morris, W. G. Sebald, Timothy McVeigh, Charles Trenet, and Juan Antonio Villacañas.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 16 out of 136. Before him are Bảo Đại (1913), Ieng Sary (1925), Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920). After him are Gia Long (1762), Madame Nhu (1924), Charles Sobhraj (1944), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), and Lê Lợi (1384).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ranks 10. Before him are Bảo Đại (1913), Ieng Sary (1925), Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920). After him are Gia Long (1762), Madame Nhu (1924), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), and Tôn Đức Thắng (1888).

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