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Sylvanus Olympio

1902 - 1963

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Sylvanus Épiphanio Olympio (French pronunciation: [silvany epifanjo ɔlɛ̃pjo]; 6 September 1902 – 13 January 1963) was a Togolese politician who served as prime minister, and then president, of Togo from 1958 until his assassination in 1963. He came from the important Olympio family, which included his uncle Octaviano Olympio, one of the richest people in Togo in the early 1900s. After graduating from the London School of Economics, he worked for Unilever and became the general manager of the African operations of that company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvanus Olympio has received more than 309,538 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Sylvanus Olympio is the 5,289th most popular politician (up from 5,804th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Ghana and the 3rd most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sylvanus Olympio ranks 5,289 out of 19,576. Before him are Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Xanthippus, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, and Han Duck-soo. After him are Carl Johan Bernadotte, Leopold II, Margrave of Austria, Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Al-Said Barakah, Rozala of Italy, and Shaul Mofaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Sylvanus Olympio ranks 61. Before him are Mitsuo Fuchida, Josep Samitier, Léon M'ba, Gianpiero Combi, Carlo Levi, and David O. Selznick. After him are Marcel Aymé, George Gaylord Simpson, Rafael Alberti, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Kirill Moskalenko, and Christian de Castries. Among people deceased in 1963, Sylvanus Olympio ranks 41. Before him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Pedro Armendáriz, Michael Rockefeller, Piero Manzoni, Sivananda Saraswati, and Eduard Spranger. After him are Gustave Garrigou, Alois Hudal, Remedios Varo, William Beveridge, Karl von Terzaghi, and Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Sylvanus Olympio ranks 6 out of 162. Before him are Kofi Annan (1938), Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Marcel Desailly (1968), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), and Abedi Pele (1964). After him are Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Michael Essien (1982), John Atta Mills (1944), Peter Turkson (1948), and Peter Mensah (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Sylvanus Olympio ranks 3. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), and Nana Akufo-Addo (1944). After him are Jerry Rawlings (1947), John Atta Mills (1944), John Kufuor (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Fred Akuffo (1937), Hilla Limann (1934), and Akwasi Afrifa (1936).

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