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Tony Tan

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Tony Tan Keng Yam (Chinese: 陈庆炎; pinyin: Chén Qìngyán; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore from 2011 to 2017. Prior to entering politics, Tan was a general manager at OCBC Bank. He made his political debut in the 1979 by-elections as a PAP candidate contesting in Sembawang SMC and won. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Tan has received more than 1,538,452 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Tony Tan is the 1,532nd most popular politician (up from 6,320th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Singapore (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Singaporean Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tony Tan ranks 1,532 out of 19,576. Before him are Jingtai Emperor, Yuan Shao, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Hiero II of Syracuse, Tiberius II Constantine, and Pachacuti. After him are Titus Tatius, Louise Mountbatten, Kim Young-sam, Emil Hácha, Mátyás Rákosi, and Robert Ley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Tony Tan ranks 32. Before him are Martin Sheen, Joachim Gauck, John Hurt, Pina Bausch, Peter Fonda, and Abbas Kiarostami. After him are Giorgio Moroder, Kip Thorne, Anna Karina, Raquel Welch, Burt Young, and Terry Gilliam.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Tony Tan ranks 3 out of 42. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), and Halimah Yacob (1954). After him are Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, Tony Tan ranks 3. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew (1923), and Halimah Yacob (1954). After him are Lee Hsien Loong (1952), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), and Benjamin Sheares (1907).

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