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Ong Teng Cheong

1936 - 2002

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Ong Teng Cheong (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean politician, architect, and union leader who served as the fifth president of Singapore from 1993 to 1999. He was the first directly elected president in Singapore's history. Born in the Straits Settlements, Ong was educated at the University of Adelaide and studied architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ong Teng Cheong has received more than 758,546 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ong Teng Cheong is the 421st most popular architect (down from 333rd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Singapore (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Singaporean Architect.

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  • 760k

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  • 54.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 421 out of 518. Before him are Kadir Topbaş, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Elias Holl, Adolf Lang, Paolo Portoghesi, and Sándor Tarics. After him are Mihály Pollack, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Peter Cook, Ventura Rodríguez, Daniel Marot, and Jan Kaplický.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 374. Before him are Hans Zender, Georg Sterzinsky, Nikos Xilouris, James C. Scott, Anatoly Mikhaylov, and Tamás Mendelényi. After him are Marin Sorescu, Sissy Schwarz, Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Dave Charlton, Manuel Alegre, and Darlene Hard. Among people deceased in 2002, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 225. Before him are Mary Carew, Signe Hasso, George Nader, Kevin Smith, Mal Waldron, and Indra Devi. After him are Vernon A. Walters, John Eriksen, Carmelo Bene, Pasieguito, Tore Svensson, and Lotfia Elnadi.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 16 out of 42. Before him are Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), Julia Nickson (1958), and Benjamin Sheares (1907). After him are Leslie Charteris (1907), Terry Butcher (1958), Edward Craven Walker (1918), Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), Fann Wong (1971), and Annabel Chong (1972).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Singapore

Among architects born in Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 1. 

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