POLITICIAN

Paul of Greece

1901 - 1964

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Paul (Greek: Παύλος, romanized: Pav́los; 14 December 1901 – 6 March 1964) was King of Greece, reigning from 1 April 1947 until his death on 6 March 1964. Paul was born in Athens as the third son of Crown Prince Constantine and Crown Princess Sophia of Greece. In 1912, the year before his father ascended the throne, Paul joined the Royal Hellenic Navy at eleven years old, becoming the youngest cadet at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul of Greece has received more than 2,173,663 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Paul of Greece is the 873rd most popular politician (down from 797th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Greece (down from 78th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Greek Politician.

Paul of Greece is most famous for being the father of Queen Sophia of Spain.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul of Greeces by language

Over the past year Paul of Greece has had the most page views in the with 310,828 views, followed by Spanish (117,918), and Russian (40,736). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (477.16%), Vietnamese (360.21%), and Piedmontese (73.47%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul of Greece ranks 873 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip III of Macedon, Charles II of England, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy XIV of Egypt, and Casimir III the Great. After him are Boris III of Bulgaria, Zeno, Sima Yi, Cleopatra Selene II, Li Si, and Empress Gi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Paul of Greece ranks 19. Before him are Linus Pauling, Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, Alberto Giacometti, Princess Märtha of Sweden, and Magda Goebbels. After him are Ernest Lawrence, Gary Cooper, Vittorio De Sica, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, André Malraux, and Mohamed Naguib. Among people deceased in 1964, Paul of Greece ranks 4. Before him are Jawaharlal Nehru, Douglas MacArthur, and Herbert Hoover. After him are Alma Mahler, Victor Francis Hess, Norbert Wiener, Leo Szilard, Ian Fleming, Rachel Carson, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, and James Franck.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Paul of Greece ranks 81 out of 1,024. Before him are Clement of Alexandria (150), George II of Greece (1890), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Philip III of Macedon (-359), and Pope Dionysius (200). After him are Hephaestion (-356), Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Hippias (-443), Irene Papas (1929), Galla Placidia (388), and Giorgio de Chirico (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Paul of Greece ranks 27. Before him are Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Constantine I of Greece (1868), Peleus (null), George II of Greece (1890), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), and Philip III of Macedon (-359). After him are Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Galla Placidia (388), Creon (null), Lysimachus (-361), Alexander of Greece (1893), and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789).

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