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Sukarno

1901 - 1970

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Sukarno ( soo-KAR-noh, Indonesian: [suˈkarno]; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, Javanese: [ˈkʊs.nɔ sɔ.srɔ.di.har.dʒɔ], 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independence from the Dutch colonialists. He was a prominent leader of Indonesia's nationalist movement during the colonial period and spent over a decade under Dutch detention until released by the invading Japanese forces in World War II. Sukarno and his fellow nationalists collaborated to garner support for the Japanese war effort from the population, in exchange for Japanese aid in spreading nationalist ideas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sukarno has received more than 4,606,227 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Sukarno is the 475th most popular politician (up from 498th in 2019), the most popular biography from Indonesia and the most popular Indonesian Politician.

Sukarno was the first president of Indonesia and was most famous for leading the country to independence.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 100

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sukarno ranks 475 out of 19,576. Before him are Heydar Aliyev, Frederick I of Prussia, Louis II of Hungary, Guy of Lusignan, Louis the German, and Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. After him are Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, George I of Great Britain, Maximian, Hongwu Emperor, Idi Amin, and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Sukarno ranks 10. Before him are Marlene Dietrich, Enrico Fermi, Leopold III of Belgium, Louis Armstrong, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, and Jacques Lacan. After him are Fulgencio Batista, Ngo Dinh Diem, Linus Pauling, Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, and Alberto Giacometti. Among people deceased in 1970, Sukarno ranks 11. Before him are António de Oliveira Salazar, Erich Maria Remarque, Abraham Maslow, Jimi Hendrix, Yukio Mishima, and Max Born. After him are Alexander Kerensky, Mark Rothko, Nelly Sachs, François Mauriac, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Peter II of Yugoslavia.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Sukarno ranks 1 out of 158. After him are Suharto (1921), Willem Einthoven (1860), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Anthony Fokker (1890), Laura Gemser (1950), Prabowo Subianto (1951), and Enrique of Malacca (1495).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Sukarno ranks 1. After him are Suharto (1921), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), and Ma'ruf Amin (1943).

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