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Nikos Sampson

1935 - 2001

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Nikos Sampson (Greek: Νίκος Σαμψών; born Nikolaos (Nikos) Georgiadis, Νίκολαος (Νίκος) Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was a Greek-Cypriot journalist, militant and politician, who was installed as acting President of Cyprus during the 1974 coup. A former journalist and EOKA militant pardoned under the London and Zürich Agreements, Sampson was first elected Member of the House of Representatives in 1960 on a platform of Enosis (unification with Greece). As a prominent supporter of the 1974 coup, he was installed by its leaders as the island’s President. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikos Sampson has received more than 377,126 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Nikos Sampson is the 7,032nd most popular politician (up from 7,227th in 2019).

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nikos Sampson ranks 7,032 out of 19,576. Before him are John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Shangguan Wan'er, Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Giorgi Saakadze, and Emperor An of Jin. After him are Vladimir Purishkevich, John Bowring, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Emperor Shizong of Jin, Yawar Waqaq, and Floris V, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Nikos Sampson ranks 109. Before him are Jack Charlton, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Mário Coluna, Terry Riley, Robert Silverberg, and Michael Walzer. After him are Paula Rego, Ján Popluhár, John Phillips, Luboš Kohoutek, Thomas Keneally, and Azzedine Alaïa. Among people deceased in 2001, Nikos Sampson ranks 68. Before him are Joseph Greenberg, Francisco Varela, Vittorio Brambilla, Mirza Delibašić, Giuseppe Sinopoli, and Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy. After him are John Phillips, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Luis Carniglia, Perry Como, Soad Hosny, and Pierre Klossowski.

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