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Demetrius Vikelas

1835 - 1908

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Demetrios Vikelas (; Greek: Δημήτριος Βικέλας [viˈkelas]; 15 February 1835 – 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the co-founder and first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1894 to 1896. After a childhood spent in Greece and Istanbul, he found fortune in London, where he married. He then moved to Paris, on account of his wife. Abandoning business, he dedicated himself to literature and history, and published numerous novels, short stories and essays, which earned him a distinguished reputation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Demetrius Vikelas is the 452nd most popular writer (up from 778th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Greece (up from 185th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Greek Writer.

Demetrius Vikelas is most famous for being the founder of the International Olympic Committee.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 452 out of 7,302. Before him are Raymond Chandler, Athenaeus, Henry James, Philip Larkin, Thomas De Quincey, and Philip Roth. After him are Jo Nesbø, Carl Spitteler, Louis Aragon, Marguerite Yourcenar, Gabriela Mistral, and Ahmad Yasawi.

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Among people born in 1835, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 12. Before him are Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, Josef Stefan, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Giosuè Carducci, and Andrew Carnegie. After him are Samuel Butler, Henryk Wieniawski, César Cui, Eduard Strauss, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Fukuzawa Yukichi. Among people deceased in 1908, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 8. Before him are Empress Dowager Cixi, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Grover Cleveland, Randal Cremer, Guangxu Emperor, and Pablo de Sarasate. After him are Carlos I of Portugal, Edmondo De Amicis, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Jonas Lie, Victorien Sardou, and Butch Cassidy.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 117 out of 1,024. Before him are Melina Mercouri (1920), Pheidippides (-600), Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Berenice I of Egypt (-340), and Polycrates (-600). After him are Saint Titus (13), Critias (-460), Phryne (-371), Philomena (291), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), and Demetrius of Phalerum (-350).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 14. Before him are Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Arion (-700), Archilochus (-680), and Simonides of Ceos (-556). After him are Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Longus (110), and Tyrtaeus (-700).

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