1940 - Today
Óscar Arias Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ ˈaɾjas]; born 13 September 1940 in Heredia, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. Arias was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his proposal of a negotiated solution to the Central American crisis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Óscar Arias has received more than 386,550 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Óscar Arias is the 2,679th most popular politician (up from 3,028th in 2019), the most popular biography from Costa Rica and the most popular Costa Rican Politician.
Oscar Arias is a Costa Rican politician who served as president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in Central America.
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Among politicians, Óscar Arias ranks 2,679 out of 15,577. Before him are Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Rayhana bint Zayd, Nebra, William Wilberforce, Odilo Globočnik, and Violant of Hungary. After him are Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Robert de Craon, Wilhelm Cuno, Razia Sultana, Amyntas III of Macedon, and Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.
1486 - 1553
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 2,673
600 - 631
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 2,674
2900 BC - 2890 BC
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 2,675
1759 - 1833
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 2,676
1904 - 1945
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 2,677
1215 - 1253
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 2,678
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 2,679
1865 - 1932
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,680
1010 - 1147
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,681
1876 - 1933
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,682
1205 - 1240
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,683
450 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,684
1580 - 1661
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2,685
Among people born in 1940, Óscar Arias ranks 60. Before him are Nancy Pelosi, Denis Law, James Cromwell, Jean-Luc Nancy, Vicente Fernández, and Raul Julia. After him are Al Jarreau, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Mina, Jacques Rancière, Paolo Borsellino, and Annie Ernaux.
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 54
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 55
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 56
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 57
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 58
1940 - 1994
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 59
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 60
1940 - 2017
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 61
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 62
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 63
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 64
1940 - 1992
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 65
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 66
Among people born in Costa Rica, Óscar Arias ranks 1 out of 104. After him are Chavela Vargas (1919), José Figueres Ferrer (1906), Keylor Navas (1986), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), José María Figueres (1954), Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), and Adolfo Díaz (1875).
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 1
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 2
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 3
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 8
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 10
1900 - 1960
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 11
1875 - 1964
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Costa Rica, Óscar Arias ranks 1. After him are José Figueres Ferrer (1906), Laura Chinchilla (1959), Abel Pacheco (1933), Luis Guillermo Solís (1958), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940), José María Figueres (1954), Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), Adolfo Díaz (1875), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), and Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900).
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 1
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 3
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 7
1900 - 1960
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 8
1875 - 1964
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 9
1868 - 1931
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 10
1891 - 1973
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 11
1900 - 1970
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 12