1939 - 1993
Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia (Georgian: ზვიად კონსტანტინეს ძე გამსახურდია; Russian: Звиа́д Константи́нович Гамсаху́рдия, romanized: Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1993) was a Georgian politician, dissident, scholar, and writer who became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. A prominent exponent of Georgian nationalism, Zviad Gamsakhurdia was involved in Soviet dissident movement from his early teens. In 1953, he was one of the founders of Gorgasliani, a nationalist group, which disseminated anti-Soviet proclamations in Tbilisi. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zviad Gamsakhurdia has received more than 339,887 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Zviad Gamsakhurdia is the 1,578th most popular politician (up from 2,119th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 15th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Georgian Politician.
Zviad Gamsakhurdia is most famous for being the first and only president of Georgia. He was in power from 1991 to 1992, when he was overthrown in a military coup.
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Among politicians, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 1,578 out of 15,577. Before him are Kurt Schuschnigg, Anchises, Romanos I Lekapenos, Jeconiah, Shah Rukh, and Ferdinand I of Naples. After him are Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Kwame Nkrumah, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Babrak Karmal, Gyges of Lydia, and Ayşe Sultan.
1897 - 1977
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 1,572
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 1,573
870 - 948
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 1,574
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 1,575
1377 - 1447
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,576
1423 - 1494
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,577
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,578
1339 - 1365
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,579
1909 - 1972
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,580
795 - 858
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,581
1929 - 1996
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1,582
790 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1,583
1541 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1,584
Among people born in 1939, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 18. Before him are Margaret Atwood, Giovanni Trapattoni, Giovanni Falcone, Reuven Rivlin, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and Jackie Stewart. After him are Karel Gott, Richard Kiel, Ada Yonath, Ralph Lauren, F. Murray Abraham, and Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Among people deceased in 1993, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 12. Before him are Frank Zappa, James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Ferruccio Lamborghini, and Turgut Özal. After him are Anthony Burgess, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, André the Giant, Inge Lehmann, Hans Jonas, and Brandon Lee.
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 13
1939 - 1992
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 14
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 15
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 16
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 17
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 18
1939 - 2019
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 19
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 20
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 21
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 22
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 23
1939 - 2001
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 24
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 6
1947 - 1993
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 7
1930 - 1993
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 8
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 9
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 10
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 12
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 13
1913 - 1993
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 14
1946 - 1993
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 15
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 16
1903 - 1993
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 17
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 18
Among people born in Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 14 out of 342. Before him are Halime Sultan (1576), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Tigran Petrosian (1929), and David IV of Georgia (1073). After him are Aleksei Brusilov (1853), Sergei Parajanov (1924), Niko Pirosmani (1862), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), and Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326).
1576 - 1623
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 8
1907 - 1943
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 10
1765 - 1812
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 11
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 12
1073 - 1125
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 13
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 14
1853 - 1926
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 15
1924 - 1990
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 16
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 17
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 18
1886 - 1937
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 19
326 BC - 234 BC
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 20
Among politicians born in Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 7. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), Darius the Great (-550), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Halime Sultan (1576), and David IV of Georgia (1073). After him are Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Sergei Witte (1849), Herbert Backe (1896), and Vakhtang I of Iberia (440).
1879 - 1953
HPI: 90.88
Rank: 1
550 BC - 486 BC
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 2
1928 - 2014
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 3
1166 - 1213
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 4
1576 - 1623
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 5
1073 - 1125
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 6
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 8
1886 - 1937
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 9
326 BC - 234 BC
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 10
1849 - 1915
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 11
1896 - 1947
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 12
440 - 502
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 13