1926 - Today
Valdas Adamkus ([ˈvɐ̂ˑɫdɐs ɐˈdɐmˑkʊs] (listen); born Voldemaras Adamkavičius; 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian politician. He was the President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009. In Lithuania, the President's tenure lasts for five years; Adamkus' first term in office began on 26 February 1998 and ended on 28 February 2003, following his defeat by Rolandas Paksas in the next presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valdas Adamkus has received more than 207,685 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Valdas Adamkus is the 2,681st most popular politician (down from 2,331st in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 19th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Lithuanian Politician.
Valdas Adamkus was the president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003. He was the first Lithuanian president to be born after the country regained its independence from the Soviet Union. He is most famous for his efforts to bring Lithuania into NATO and the European Union.
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Among politicians, Valdas Adamkus ranks 2,681 out of 15,710. Before him are Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Wied, Prince of Albania, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Alexios I of Trebizond, Violant of Hungary, and Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu. After him are Francis III, Duke of Brittany, José Manuel Barroso, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Zimri, and Smendes.
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 2,675
1876 - 1945
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 2,676
1968 - Present
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 2,677
1182 - 1222
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 2,678
1215 - 1253
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 2,679
1766 - 1822
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 2,680
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 2,681
1518 - 1536
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 2,682
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 2,683
1722 - 1772
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 2,684
1861 - 1944
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 2,685
1000 BC - 960 BC
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 2,686
1200 BC - 1052 BC
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 2,687
Among people born in 1926, Valdas Adamkus ranks 49. Before him are Donald A. Glaser, Murray Rothbard, Ingrid Thulin, Margot Frank, Maria Schell, and John Fowles. After him are Richard Crenna, Harry Dean Stanton, Ingeborg Bachmann, Abdus Salam, Richard Matheson, and Irwin Rose.
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 43
1926 - 1995
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 44
1926 - 2004
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 45
1926 - 1945
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 46
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 47
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 48
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 49
1926 - 2003
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 50
1926 - 2017
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 51
1926 - 1973
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 52
1926 - 1996
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 53
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 54
1926 - 2015
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 55
Among people born in Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus ranks 21 out of 235. Before him are Jascha Heifetz (1901), Kęstutis (1297), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Barbara Radziwiłł (1520), and Antanas Smetona (1874). After him are Marija Gimbutas (1921), Emilia Plater (1806), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799), and Vytautas Landsbergis (1932).
1901 - 1987
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 15
1297 - 1382
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 16
1875 - 1911
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 17
1904 - 1936
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 18
1520 - 1551
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 19
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 20
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 21
1921 - 1994
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 22
1806 - 1831
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 23
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 24
1932 - 2010
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 25
1799 - 1875
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 26
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 27
Among politicians born in Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus ranks 9. Before him are Vytautas (1352), Mindaugas (1203), Gediminas (1275), Algirdas (1296), Kęstutis (1297), and Antanas Smetona (1874). After him are Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Sigismund Kęstutaitis (1365), Leo Jogiches (1867), and Gabriel Narutowicz (1865).
1352 - 1430
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 3
1203 - 1263
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 4
1275 - 1341
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 5
1296 - 1377
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 6
1297 - 1382
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 7
1874 - 1944
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 8
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 10
1932 - 2010
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 12
1365 - 1440
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 13
1867 - 1919
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 14
1865 - 1922
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 15