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Samuel Doe

1951 - 1990

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Samuel Kanyon Doe (6 May 1951 – 9 September 1990) was a Liberian politician and military officer who served as the 21st President of Liberia from 1986 to 1990. He ruled Liberia as Chairman of the People's Redemption Council (PRC) from 1980 to 1986 and then as president from 1986 to 1990. Doe was a master sergeant in the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) when he staged the violent 1980 coup d'état that overthrew President William Tolbert and the True Whig Party, becoming the first non-Americo-Liberian leader of Liberia and ending 133 years of Americo-Liberian rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Doe has received more than 2,284,085 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Doe is the 6,742nd most popular politician (down from 6,119th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Liberia and the 3rd most popular Liberian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samuel Doe ranks 6,742 out of 19,576. Before him are Odo III, Duke of Burgundy, Ron Johnson, Herbert von Bismarck, Leon of Sparta, Tudor Vladimirescu, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Johann Patkul, Clara Campoamor, Blanche of Lancaster, Muhammad II of Granada, Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Samuel Doe ranks 92. Before him are Hilda Heine, Isabel Preysler, Kim Peek, Jack Unterweger, Jackie Jackson, and Joe Pantoliano. After him are Alexander Bortnikov, Emmanuel Todd, Laimdota Straujuma, Carl Wieman, Christian Lacroix, and Börje Salming. Among people deceased in 1990, Samuel Doe ranks 67. Before him are Jim Henson, Tadeusz Kantor, Arthur Kennedy, Samuel Noah Kramer, Lewis Mumford, and Nicola Abbagnano. After him are Dexter Gordon, Edmund Conen, Curtis LeMay, Halston, Hussein Onn, and Manuel Puig.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Samuel Doe ranks 4 out of 20. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), George Weah (1966), and Charles Taylor (1948). After him are William Tolbert (1913), Leymah Gbowee (1972), Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), and Ziad Fazah (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, Samuel Doe ranks 3. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), and Charles Taylor (1948). After him are William Tolbert (1913), Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Amos Sawyer (1945).

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