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POLITICIAN

U Thant

1909 - 1974

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Thant (Burmese: သန့်; MLCTS: san. [θa̰ɰ̃]; 22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (), was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of U Thant has received more than 1,376,769 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia. U Thant is the 1,396th most popular politician (down from 1,187th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) and the most popular Burmese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, U Thant ranks 1,396 out of 15,577Before him are Juan Antonio Samaranch, Pierre Laval, Albert Lebrun, John IV of Portugal, Miguel Primo de Rivera, and Paul Barras. After him are Philip of Swabia, Léon Blum, Harsha, Anthemius, John V of Portugal, and Alexander I of Serbia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, U Thant ranks 12Before him are Simone Weil, Andrei Gromyko, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Francis Bacon, Victor Borge, and Nicholas Winton. After him are Rita Levi-Montalcini, Isaiah Berlin, Kwame Nkrumah, Mohammed V of Morocco, Li Xiannian, and Ernst Gombrich. Among people deceased in 1974, U Thant ranks 12Before him are James Chadwick, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Vittorio De Sica, Amin al-Husseini, Pär Lagerkvist, and Baldur von Schirach. After him are Imre Lakatos, Rudolf Dassler, David Oistrakh, Duke Ellington, Otto Strasser, and Erich Kästner.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), U Thant ranks 2 out of 34Before him are Aung San Suu Kyi (1945). After him are Aung San (1915), Than Shwe (1933), Peter Townsend (1914), Ne Win (1910), Bayinnaung (1516), Thein Sein (1944), Anawrahta (1015), Alaungpaya (1714), Min Aung Hlaing (1956), and U Nu (1907).

Among POLITICIANS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among politicians born in Myanmar (Burma), U Thant ranks 1After him are Aung San (1915), Than Shwe (1933), Ne Win (1910), Bayinnaung (1516), Thein Sein (1944), Anawrahta (1015), Alaungpaya (1714), Min Aung Hlaing (1956), U Nu (1907), Htin Kyaw (1946), and Win Myint (1951).