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William Tubman

1895 - 1971

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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

Among politicians, William Tubman ranks 9,832 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, William Tubman ranks 132Before 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 95Before 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.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, William Tubman ranks 7 out of 20Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, William Tubman ranks 5Before 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).