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Victor Stănculescu

1928 - 2016

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Victor Atanasie Stănculescu (10 May 1928 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian general during the Communist era. He played a central role in the overthrow of the dictatorship by refusing to carry out the orders of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu during the Romanian Revolution of December 1989. His inaction allowed the citizens demonstrating in Bucharest against the government to seize control. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Stănculescu has received more than 194,810 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Victor Stănculescu is the 6,982nd most popular politician (up from 8,266th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Romania (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Romanian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Stănculescu ranks 6,982 out of 19,576. Before him are Tomás Estrada Palma, Ivan Vyhovsky, Chōsokabe Motochika, Michel Rocard, Sergei Ivanov, and John VII of Constantinople. After him are Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, William II, Count of Flanders, Sisenand, Lin Sen, and Ivan Maisky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Victor Stănculescu ranks 136. Before him are Roddy McDowall, Humberto Maturana, Juan María Bordaberry, Héctor Rial, Cy Twombly, and James Randi. After him are Joseph Kittinger, Ulric Neisser, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Vidal Sassoon, Gustavo Gutiérrez, and Henry Silva. Among people deceased in 2016, Victor Stănculescu ranks 114. Before him are Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Lloyd Shapley, Michu Meszaros, Glenn Frey, Oleg Popov, and Michel Rocard. After him are Dragan Nikolić, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Guy Hamilton, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Thorbjörn Fälldin, and Erich Rudorffer.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Victor Stănculescu ranks 118 out of 844. Before him are Anghel Iordănescu (1950), Artur Phleps (1881), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Petre Roman (1946), Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), and Lajos Zilahy (1891). After him are Vlad Călugărul (1425), Armand Călinescu (1893), Michael I Apafi (1632), Serge Moscovici (1925), Ion Creangă (1837), and Lucien Goldmann (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Victor Stănculescu ranks 53. Before him are Andrew Báthory (1563), Petru Rareș (1487), László Tőkés (1952), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Petre Roman (1946), and Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854). After him are Vlad Călugărul (1425), Armand Călinescu (1893), Michael I Apafi (1632), Vasile Milea (1927), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), and Mihai Antonescu (1904).

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