1939 - 1993
Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia (Georgian: ზვიად გამსახურდია, romanized: zviad gamsakhurdia; 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zviad Gamsakhurdia has received more than 289,996 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Zviad Gamsakhurdia is the 2,122nd most popular politician (up from 2,208th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 14th 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 2,122 out of 15,710. Before him are Gaius Octavius, Porus, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Attalus II Philadelphus, Charibert I, and Kavad I. After him are Jan Masaryk, Sali Berisha, Seqenenre Tao, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Dom Pérignon, and Emeric Thököly.
100 BC - 58 BC
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 2,116
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 2,117
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 2,118
220 BC - 138 BC
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 2,119
520 - 567
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 2,120
473 - 531
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 2,121
1939 - 1993
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 2,122
1886 - 1948
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 2,123
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 2,124
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 2,125
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 2,126
1639 - 1715
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 2,127
1657 - 1705
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 2,128
Among people born in 1939, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 34. Before him are Ali MacGraw, John Cleese, Tzvetan Todorov, Clay Regazzoni, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and Ratko Janev. After him are Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Jānis Lūsis, Wes Craven, Ray Manzarek, Romano Prodi, and Barry Seal. Among people deceased in 1993, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 17. Before him are Ferruccio Lamborghini, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Albert Sabin, Hans Jonas, Anthony Burgess, and Inge Lehmann. After him are W. Edwards Deming, Bill Bixby, Kōbō Abe, André the Giant, Dizzy Gillespie, and Polykarp Kusch.
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 28
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 29
1939 - 2017
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 30
1939 - 2006
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 31
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 32
1939 - 2019
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 33
1939 - 1993
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 34
1939 - 2002
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 35
1939 - 2020
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 36
1939 - 2015
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 37
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 38
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 39
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 40
1916 - 1993
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 11
1913 - 1993
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 12
1906 - 1993
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 13
1903 - 1993
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 14
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 15
1888 - 1993
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 16
1939 - 1993
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 17
1900 - 1993
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 18
1934 - 1993
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 19
1924 - 1993
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 20
1946 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 21
1917 - 1993
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 22
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 23
Among people born in Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 15 out of 292. Before him are Tigran Petrosian (1929), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), Sergei Parajanov (1924), David IV of Georgia (1073), and Niko Pirosmani (1862). After him are Sayat-Nova (1712), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Giya Kancheli (1935), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Sergei Witte (1849), and Herbert Backe (1896).
1929 - 1984
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 9
1907 - 1943
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 10
1853 - 1926
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 11
1924 - 1990
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 12
1073 - 1125
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 13
1862 - 1918
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 14
1939 - 1993
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 15
1712 - 1795
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 16
1886 - 1937
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 17
1935 - 2019
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 18
326 BC - 234 BC
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 19
1849 - 1915
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 20
1896 - 1947
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 21
Among politicians born in Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia ranks 7. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), Darius the Great (-550), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Lavrentiy Beria (1899), Tamar of Georgia (1166), and David IV of Georgia (1073). After him are Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Sergei Witte (1849), Herbert Backe (1896), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), and Nariman Narimanov (1870).
1879 - 1953
HPI: 92.61
Rank: 1
550 BC - 486 BC
HPI: 85.83
Rank: 2
1928 - 2014
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 3
1899 - 1953
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 4
1166 - 1213
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 5
1073 - 1125
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 6
1939 - 1993
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 7
1886 - 1937
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 8
326 BC - 234 BC
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 9
1849 - 1915
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 10
1896 - 1947
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 11
1194 - 1245
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 12
1870 - 1925
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13