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Václav Klaus

1941 - Today

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Václav Klaus (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈklaus]; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, he served as the second and last prime minister of the Czech Republic while it was a federal subject of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, and then as the first prime minister of the newly independent Czech Republic from 1993 to 1998. During the Communist era, Klaus worked as a bank clerk and forecaster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Václav Klaus has received more than 574,736 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia. Václav Klaus is the 735th most popular politician (up from 1,430th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Czechia (up from 47th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Politician.

Václav Klaus is most famous for being the first president of the Czech Republic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Václav Klaus ranks 735 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy IV Philopator, Valentinian I, Benjamin Harrison, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Ladislaus the Posthumous. After him are Mustafa IV, Antiochus III the Great, Gratian, Robert II of France, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, and Daniel Ortega.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Václav Klaus ranks 11. Before him are Slobodan Milošević, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Cesária Évora. After him are Krzysztof Kieślowski, Robert Forster, Plácido Domingo, Bruno Ganz, Richard Dawkins, and Lee Myung-bak.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Václav Klaus ranks 31 out of 1,200. Before him are Ernst Mach (1838), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Miloš Forman (1932), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), and Edvard Beneš (1884). After him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Hans Kelsen (1881), Leoš Janáček (1854), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Jan Palach (1948), and Miloš Zeman (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Václav Klaus ranks 4. Before him are Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), and Edvard Beneš (1884). After him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), and Emil Hácha (1872).

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