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Élie Lescot

1883 - 1974

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Antoine Louis Léocardie Élie Lescot (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan lwi leɔkaʁdi eli lɛsko]; December 9, 1883 – October 20, 1974) was the President of Haiti from May 15, 1941 to January 11, 1946. He was a member of the country's mixed-race elite. He used the political climate of World War II to sustain his power and ties to the United States, Haiti's powerful northern neighbor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Élie Lescot has received more than 130,764 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Élie Lescot is the 13,621st most popular politician (down from 12,789th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Haiti (down from 30th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Haitian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Élie Lescot ranks 13,621 out of 19,576. Before him are Chorso, José María Moncada, Raşit Meredow, King Kuang of Zhou, Harald Öhquist, and Tapley Seaton. After him are Shuja-ud-Daula, Ignaz von Rudhart, Stoyan Danev, Moshoeshoe I, Mikhail Tskhakaya, and Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Élie Lescot ranks 179. Before him are Fred Pentland, Joachim Ringelnatz, Rube Goldberg, Huang Fu, D. S. Senanayake, and Feodor Gladkov. After him are Tom Moore, Gheorghe Argeșanu, Toivo Kuula, Olaf Bull, Maurice Feltin, and Mel Sheppard. Among people deceased in 1974, Élie Lescot ranks 159. Before him are Emil Väre, Clyde Cowan, Gheorghe Albu, Françoise Rosay, Arnaud Denjoy, and Zaharia Stancu. After him are Ned Maddrell, Alfred Keller, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Konrad Frey, Glenn Morris, and Harry Partch.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Élie Lescot ranks 35 out of 94. Before him are Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1943), Frankétienne (1936), Fabre Geffrard (1806), Sténio Vincent (1874), René Depestre (1926), and Jacques Roumain (1907). After him are Gérard Latortue (1934), Pierre Nord Alexis (1820), Martial Célestin (1913), Louis Borno (1865), Michaëlle Jean (1957), and Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1745).

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Among POLITICIANS In Haiti

Among politicians born in Haiti, Élie Lescot ranks 24. Before him are Paul Magloire (1907), Dumarsais Estimé (1900), Michel Martelly (1961), Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1943), Fabre Geffrard (1806), and Sténio Vincent (1874). After him are Gérard Latortue (1934), Pierre Nord Alexis (1820), Martial Célestin (1913), Louis Borno (1865), Prosper Avril (1937), and Raoul Cédras (1949).

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