1895 - 1971
William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (29 November 1895 – 23 July 1971) was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th president of Liberia and the longest-serving president in the country's history, serving from his election in 1944 until his death in 1971. Tubman is regarded as the "father of modern Liberia" in that during his presidency sufficient foreign investment was attracted to modernize the country's economy and infrastructure. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Tubman has received more than 573,166 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Tubman is the 9,832nd most popular politician (up from 10,396th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Liberia (up from 8th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Liberian Politician.
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Among politicians, William Tubman ranks 9,832 out of 15,577. Before him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Aparicio Méndez, Pharasmanes I of Iberia, Agesipolis I, Wai Ren, and Alimardan Topchubashov. After him are Rajko Kuzmanović, Abbad II al-Mu'tadid, Vakhtang II of Georgia, Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark, Baji Rao II, and Artabanus I of Parthia.
120 BC - 77 BC
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 9,826
1904 - 1988
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,827
50 BC - 58
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,828
410 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,829
1600 BC - 1534 BC
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,830
1862 - 1934
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,831
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,832
1931 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,833
1012 - 1069
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,834
1251 - 1293
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 9,835
1070 - 1103
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 9,836
1775 - 1851
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 9,837
200 BC - 124 BC
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 9,838
Among people born in 1895, William Tubman ranks 132. Before him are Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Xu Beihong, Ngaio Marsh, Trifko Grabež, Carl Lutz, and Rudolph Minkowski. After him are Fulton J. Sheen, Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Alfred Neuland, Susanne Langer, Jankel Adler, and Gustav Klutsis. Among people deceased in 1971, William Tubman ranks 95. Before him are Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Naoya Shiga, Mikhail Romm, Fritz von Opel, and Gertrud von Le Fort. After him are Thomas E. Dewey, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, Broncho Billy Anderson, Bill W., Viliam Široký, and Henri Tomasi.
1895 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 126
1895 - 1953
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 127
1895 - 1982
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 128
1895 - 1918
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 129
1895 - 1975
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 130
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 131
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 132
1895 - 1979
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 133
1895 - 1965
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 134
1895 - 1966
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 135
1895 - 1985
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 136
1895 - 1949
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 137
1895 - 1938
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 138
1891 - 1971
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 89
1875 - 1971
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 90
1883 - 1971
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 91
1901 - 1971
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 92
1899 - 1971
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 93
1876 - 1971
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 94
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 95
1902 - 1971
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 96
1895 - 1971
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 97
1880 - 1971
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 98
1895 - 1971
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 99
1902 - 1971
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 100
1901 - 1971
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 101
Among people born in Liberia, William Tubman ranks 7 out of 20. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), George Weah (1966), Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tolbert (1913), and Leymah Gbowee (1972). After him are Charles D. B. King (1875), Amos Sawyer (1945), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Ziad Fazah (1954).
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 3
1951 - 1990
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 4
1913 - 1980
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 6
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 7
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 8
1945 - 2022
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 9
1947 - 2013
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 10
1949 - 2014
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 11
1882 - 1955
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 12
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Liberia, William Tubman ranks 5. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), Charles Taylor (1948), Samuel Doe (1951), and William Tolbert (1913). After him are Charles D. B. King (1875), Amos Sawyer (1945), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Joseph Boakai (1944).
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 2
1951 - 1990
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 3
1913 - 1980
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 4
1895 - 1971
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 5
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 6
1945 - 2022
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 7
1947 - 2013
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 8
1949 - 2014
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 9
1882 - 1955
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 10
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 11