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William Tolbert

1913 - 1980

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William Richard Tolbert Jr. (13 May 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until his assassination in 1980. Tolbert was an Americo-Liberian and trained as a civil servant before entering the House of Representatives in 1943 for the True Whig Party, then the only established party in Liberia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Tolbert has received more than 563,977 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). William Tolbert is the 8,644th most popular politician (down from 8,516th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Liberia and the 4th most popular Liberian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Tolbert ranks 8,644 out of 19,576. Before him are Eurysthenes, M. S. Swaminathan, Neferkaure, François-Xavier Ortoli, Philip of Milly, and Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. After him are Karen Demirchyan, Nikolaos Plastiras, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Bolesław II the Horned, and Mariano Arista.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, William Tolbert ranks 126. Before him are Tikhon Khrennikov, Pak Song-chol, William P. Rogers, René Schneider, Heinrich Bär, and Mouloud Feraoun. After him are Albert Cossery, Anthony Quayle, Alexander Kotov, Donald Maclean, Charles Berlitz, and Amrita Sher-Gil. Among people deceased in 1980, William Tolbert ranks 98. Before him are Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Rolf Nevanlinna, Alexander Mach, Mohammed Rafi, Sergey Taboritsky, and Gabriel González Videla. After him are Marie Under, Elvira de Hidalgo, Josias Braun-Blanquet, Manlio Brosio, Miguel Capuccini, and Rosa Albach-Retty.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, William Tolbert ranks 5 out of 20. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), George Weah (1966), Charles Taylor (1948), and Samuel Doe (1951). After him are Leymah Gbowee (1972), Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), and Ziad Fazah (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, William Tolbert ranks 4. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), Charles Taylor (1948), and Samuel Doe (1951). After him are Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Amos Sawyer (1945).

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