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Sarit Thanarat

1908 - 1963

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Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (also spelt Dhanarajata; Thai: สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์, pronounced [sā.rìt tʰā.ná.rát]; 16 June 1908 – 8 December 1963) was a Thai military officer and politician who served as de facto prime minister of Thailand from 1958 to 1959 and 11th prime minister of Thailand from 1959 to 1963. He staged the coup in 1957, replacing Plaek Phibunsongkhram as Thailand's prime minister until Sarit died in 1963. He was born in Bangkok, but grew up in his mother's home town in Isan-speaking northeastern Thailand and considered himself from Isan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarit Thanarat has received more than 228,308 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sarit Thanarat is the 8,047th most popular politician (down from 7,748th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Thailand (down from 30th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Thai Politician.

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  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sarit Thanarat ranks 8,047 out of 19,576. Before him are Sen Katayama, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, John III, Duke of Brabant, Gregor Gysi, and Arthur II, Duke of Brittany. After him are Jan Stráský, Eduard Meyer, Peko Dapčević, Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, Antoni Martí, and Albert II, Duke of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Sarit Thanarat ranks 111. Before him are Van Heflin, Lew Ayres, Sergei Sobolev, Arturo Frondizi, Vazgen I, and Harold Holt. After him are Jean Delannoy, Nicholas Kaldor, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Alejandro Scopelli, Yevgeny Vuchetich, and Christa Schroeder. Among people deceased in 1963, Sarit Thanarat ranks 68. Before him are Jacobus Oud, Ngô Đình Nhu, Fazlollah Zahedi, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Jacob Gade, and Jacques Villon. After him are Seth Barnes Nicholson, Margaret Murray, Ernst Kantorowicz, Rahul Sankrityayan, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, and Richard Kohn.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Sarit Thanarat ranks 34 out of 186. Before him are Srettha Thavisin (1962), Nouhak Phoumsavanh (1910), Sunanda Kumariratana (1860), Samak Sundaravej (1935), Ajahn Chah (1918), and Somchai Wongsawat (1947). After him are Uthong (1314), Srinagarindra (1900), Si Inthrathit (1188), Phetracha (1632), Surayud Chulanont (1943), and Tony Jaa (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Thailand

Among politicians born in Thailand, Sarit Thanarat ranks 24. Before him are Thanom Kittikachorn (1911), Mahidol Adulyadej (1892), Birabongse Bhanudej (1914), Nouhak Phoumsavanh (1910), Samak Sundaravej (1935), and Somchai Wongsawat (1947). After him are Uthong (1314), Srinagarindra (1900), Si Inthrathit (1188), Phetracha (1632), Surayud Chulanont (1943), and Phraya Manopakorn Nititada (1884).

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