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S. R. Nathan

1924 - 2016

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Sellapan Ramanathan ( ; 3 July 1924 – 22 August 2016), often known as S. R. Nathan, was a Singaporean politician and civil servant who served as the sixth president of Singapore between 1999 and 2011. He was the longest-serving president in Singapore's history and the only one to serve two full terms. In January 2010, Nathan surpassed his predecessor Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest-serving President. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. R. Nathan has received more than 1,057,195 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). S. R. Nathan is the 10,792nd most popular politician (down from 9,153rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Singapore and the 7th most popular Singaporean Politician.

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  • 45

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  • 2.48

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  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, S. R. Nathan ranks 10,792 out of 19,576. Before him are George VII of Georgia, Sextus Julius Severus, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Antiochus Hierax, Nils Jönsson, and Licinius II. After him are Geir Haarde, Paul Poupard, Alaa Hussein Ali, Victor Schœlcher, Enlil-nirari, and Jim Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, S. R. Nathan ranks 197. Before him are Rudolf Barshai, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Marc Ferro, Nina Foch, Alain Bombard, and José Donoso. After him are Deke Slayton, Antoine Cuissard, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Pierre Sinibaldi, Nina Bocharova, and Jaime Lusinchi. Among people deceased in 2016, S. R. Nathan ranks 194. Before him are Pierre Étaix, Halil İnalcık, Madeleine Lebeau, Željko Čajkovski, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, and Guido Westerwelle. After him are Jay Wright Forrester, Roberto Perfumo, Lars Gustafsson, Frank Sinatra Jr., Arnold Palmer, and Harry Wu.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, S. R. Nathan ranks 7 out of 42. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), Halimah Yacob (1954), Tony Tan (1940), Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Goh Chok Tong (1941), and Parameswara (1344). After him are Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and Ho Ching (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, S. R. Nathan ranks 7. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), Halimah Yacob (1954), Tony Tan (1940), Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Goh Chok Tong (1941), and Parameswara (1344). After him are Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), Benjamin Sheares (1907), and Abu Bakar of Johor (1833).

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