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Paul Rusesabagina

1954 - Today

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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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 284 out of 601Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 120Before 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.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 5 out of 21Before 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).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Rwanda

Among businesspeople born in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina ranks 2Before him are Félicien Kabuga (1933).