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Shavarsh Karapetyan

1953 - Today

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Shavarsh Vladimiri (Vladimirovich) Karapetyan (Armenian: Շավարշ Կարապետյան; born May 19, 1953) is a retired former Soviet finswimmer, best known for saving the lives of 20 people in a 1976 incident in Yerevan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shavarsh Karapetyan has received more than 1,276,283 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Shavarsh Karapetyan is the 11,020th most popular politician (up from 11,061st in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Armenia and the 18th most popular Armenian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shavarsh Karapetyan ranks 11,020 out of 19,576Before him are Marjorie Bruce, Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Abdelaziz Djerad, and Lucius Cassius Longinus. After him are Blaže Koneski, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Pinhas Lavon, Carl Schurz, Paul Kummer, and Frederick Chiluba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Shavarsh Karapetyan ranks 167Before him are Mitsuo Watanabe, Maurizio Malvestiti, Billy Sheehan, Joan Lin, Gali Atari, and Ivica Šurjak. After him are Gil Birmingham, Carlos Mesa, Åge Hareide, Toyohito Mochizuki, Zlatko Burić, and Jane Badler.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Shavarsh Karapetyan ranks 41 out of 163Before him are Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989), Davit Bek (1669), Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Ghazar Parpetsi (442), Mariam Aslamazian (1907), and Eznik of Kolb (380). After him are Gennady Timchenko (1952), Ariarathes II of Cappadocia (-350), Vazgen Manukyan (1946), Tigran Sargsyan (1962), Vardan Areveltsi (1198), and Artavazd Peleshyan (1938).

Among POLITICIANS In Armenia

Among politicians born in Armenia, Shavarsh Karapetyan ranks 18Before him are Tigranes III (-100), Nikol Pashinyan (1975), Ashot II of Armenia (849), Karen Demirchyan (1932), Vazgen Sargsyan (1959), and Andranik Margaryan (1949). After him are Ariarathes II of Cappadocia (-350), Vazgen Manukyan (1946), Tigran Sargsyan (1962), Hovik Abrahamyan (1959), Hrant Shahinyan (1923), and Aram Sargsyan (1961).