1954 - Today
Paul Rusesabagina (Kinyarwanda: [ɾusesɑβaɟinɑ]; born 15 June 1954) is a Rwandan human rights activist. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees fleeing the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of these refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.An account of Rusesabagina's actions during the genocide was later depicted in the film Hotel Rwanda in 2004, in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Rusesabagina has received more than 1,908,577 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Paul Rusesabagina is the 284th most popular businessperson (up from 285th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Rwanda (up from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Rwandan Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 284 out of 601. Before him are Bertha Krupp, Alfred P. Sloan, Ramón Calderón, Chris Gardner, Oleg Deripaska, and Siegfried Bing. After him are Arnold Rothstein, Robert Monroe, David Stern, François-Henri Pinault, Chuck Feeney, and Lazare Ponticelli.
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 278
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 279
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 280
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 281
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 282
1838 - 1905
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 283
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 284
1882 - 1928
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 285
1915 - 1995
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 286
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 287
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 288
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 289
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 290
Among people born in 1954, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 120. Before him are Patty Hearst, Dieter Müller, Chris Gardner, Neil Tennant, Roberto Dinamite, and Lee Chang-dong. After him are Bobby Sands, David Lee Roth, Karin Fossum, Margaux Hemingway, Phil Taylor, and Jeffrey Sachs.
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 114
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 115
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 116
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 117
1954 - 2023
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 118
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 119
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 120
1954 - 1981
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 121
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 122
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 123
1954 - 1996
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 124
1954 - 2015
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 125
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 126
Among people born in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 5 out of 21. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana (1937), Paul Kagame (1957), Félicien Kabuga (1933), and Théoneste Bagosora (1941). After him are Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), and Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921).
1937 - 1994
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 1
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 2
1933 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 3
1941 - 2021
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 5
1924 - 1976
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 6
1953 - 1994
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 7
1953 - 1993
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 9
1911 - 1959
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 10
1936 - 2016
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 11
1921 - 1986
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 12
Among businesspeople born in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 2. Before him are Félicien Kabuga (1933).