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Tommy Lapid

1931 - 2008

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Joseph "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: יוסף "טומי" לפיד; born Tomislav Lampel [Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Лампел]; 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was a Yugoslav-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999 to 2006. He fiercely opposed the ultra-Orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Lapid has received more than 194,032 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Tommy Lapid is the 7,727th most popular politician (up from 9,337th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Serbia (up from 135th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Serbian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

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  • 62.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tommy Lapid ranks 7,727 out of 19,576. Before him are Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Thomas of Bosnia, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Eurydice I of Macedon, Jacob Stainer, and Hanns Kerrl. After him are Estanislao Figueras, Samia Suluhu Hassan, John C. Calhoun, Hubert Maga, Philip of France, and False Dmitry III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Tommy Lapid ranks 144. Before him are Kang Song-san, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Sébastien Japrisot, Vaino Väljas, Barbara Eden, and Josep Lluís Núñez. After him are Barbara Bain, Takashi Mizuno, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Dan Gurney, Igor Oistrakh, and Daniel Ellsberg. Among people deceased in 2008, Tommy Lapid ranks 86. Before him are Michael DeBakey, Leyla Gencer, Eva Dahlbeck, Gerard Damiano, Cyd Charisse, and Joseph M. Juran. After him are Henri Salvador, Manuel Marulanda, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Kon Ichikawa, Dan Shomron, and Boris Shakhlin.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Tommy Lapid ranks 121 out of 661. Before him are Vlastimir (805), Svetozar Gligorić (1923), Nemanja Vidić (1981), Ilija Garašanin (1812), Jovan Divjak (1937), and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia (1447). After him are Stefan Branković (1417), Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia (1928), Stevan Mokranjac (1856), Borisav Jović (1928), Vladimir Petrović (1955), and Dejan Stanković (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Tommy Lapid ranks 64. Before him are Dimitrije Ljotić (1891), Mutimir of Serbia (830), Vlastimir (805), Ilija Garašanin (1812), Jovan Divjak (1937), and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia (1447). After him are Stefan Branković (1417), Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia (1928), Borisav Jović (1928), Milan Stojadinović (1888), Mirko Cvetković (1950), and Petar of Serbia (870).

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