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Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV

1918 - 2006

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Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (born Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Tupoulahi; 4 July 1918 – 10 September 2006) was the King of Tonga, from the death of his mother, Queen Sālote Tupou III, in 1965 until his own death in 2006. Immediately prior to his death, he was the fifth longest-reigning living monarch in the world after Kings Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi of Ras al Khaimah, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms and Abdul Halim of Kedah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV has received more than 478,712 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV is the 8,618th most popular politician (down from 2,925th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Tonga (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Tongan Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV has had the most page views in the with 96,657 views, followed by German (11,598), and Russian (5,356). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (430.07%), French (191.21%), and German (87.91%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV ranks 8,618 out of 19,576Before him are Juan José Arévalo, Miguel Miramón, Archduke Anton Victor of Austria, Étienne de Silhouette, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, and Eugène-Henri Gravelotte. After him are Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Nabonassar, Ma Bufang, Surayud Chulanont, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, and Andragoras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV ranks 111Before him are Joseph Wiseman, Aldo van Eyck, Borys Paton, Arthur Chung, George Lincoln Rockwell, and Helmut Lent. After him are Robert Walker, Bobby Riggs, Raimon Panikkar, Adolfo Pedernera, Willi Graf, and Dora Ratjen. Among people deceased in 2006, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV ranks 115Before him are Malcolm Arnold, Basil Poledouris, Bismillah Khan, Silva Kaputikyan, Ali Farka Touré, and Gérard Oury. After him are Joe Rosenthal, Carl Brashear, Elias Hrawi, William Auld, Prince George William of Hanover, and Vera Aceva.

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In Tonga

Among people born in Tonga, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV ranks 5 out of 13Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Tupou VI (1959), Sālote Tupou III (1900), and George Tupou I (1797). After him are George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), Soane Patita Paini Mafi (1961), Siaosi Sovaleni (1970), and Paea Wolfgramm (1969).

Among POLITICIANS In Tonga

Among politicians born in Tonga, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV ranks 4Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Sālote Tupou III (1900), and George Tupou I (1797). After him are George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), and Siaosi Sovaleni (1970).