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Romano Prodi

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Romano Prodi (Italian: [roˈmaːno ˈprɔːdi] ; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998, and again 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent and iconic figures of the Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore ("The Professor") due to his academic career.A former professor of economics and international advisor to Goldman Sachs, Prodi ran as lead candidate of The Olive Tree coalition, winning the 1996 election and serving as prime minister until losing a vote of confidence 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romano Prodi has received more than 803,863 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Romano Prodi is the 1,403rd most popular politician (up from 2,332nd in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Italy (up from 823rd in 2019) and the 85th most popular Italian Politician.

Romano Prodi is most famous for being the President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Romano Prodis by language

Over the past year Romano Prodi has had the most page views in the with 355,954 views, followed by English (105,679), and French (22,346). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (161.62%), Tarantino (99.41%), and Lombard (86.34%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Romano Prodi ranks 1,403 out of 19,576. Before him are Isabella Clara Eugenia, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Yang Guifei, Lü Buwei, Elisa Bonaparte, and Jeongjong of Joseon. After him are Peter of Castile, Shaka, Qin Er Shi, Carloman I, Senusret III, and Jungjong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Romano Prodi ranks 16. Before him are Amanda Lear, Reuven Rivlin, Giovanni Falcone, Giovanni Trapattoni, Harvey Keitel, and Ada Yonath. After him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Karel Gott, Margaret Atwood, Ralph Lauren, and Peter Grünberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Romano Prodi ranks 555 out of 5,161. Before him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Alphonsus Liguori (1696), Anastasia of Sirmium (281), Giulio Caccini (1551), Dominic Savio (1842), and Aloysius Gonzaga (1568). After him are Paolo Rossi (1956), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Maria Luisa of Parma (1751), Gentile Bellini (1429), and Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Romano Prodi ranks 85. Before him are Lucullus (-118), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), Giulio Andreotti (1919), Scipio Aemilianus (-185), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), and Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430). After him are Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Philip of Swabia (1177), Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), Gallienus (218), and Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492).

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