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Efim Geller

1925 - 1998

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Efim Petrovich Geller (Russian: Ефим Петрович Геллер; Ukrainian: Юхим Петрович Геллер; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice (in 1955 and 1979) and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions (1953, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1971). He won four Ukrainian SSR Championship titles (in 1950, 1957, 1958, and 1959) and shared first in the 1991 World Seniors' Championship, winning the title outright in 1992. His wife Oksana was a ballet dancer while his son Alexander was also a chess master. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Efim Geller is the 6,176th most popular politician (up from 7,451st in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Efim Geller ranks 6,176 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Abba Eban, Wilhelm Zaisser, Basina of Thuringia, Princess Margaret of Prussia, and Robert Maxwell. After him are Raymond du Puy, Lluís Llach, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Georg Kerschensteiner, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, and Ida of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Efim Geller ranks 113. Before him are David Elazar, Zvi Zamir, Willi Herold, Gore Vidal, Alexandre do Nascimento, and John List. After him are Georges Delerue, Aliya Moldagulova, Flannery O'Connor, Honor Blackman, Warren Christopher, and Bauer. Among people deceased in 1998, Efim Geller ranks 70. Before him are Nazim al-Qudsi, Adem Jashari, Kurt Franz, Wolf Vostell, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, and Verner Panton. After him are James Earl Ray, Anne Desclos, Don Taylor, Marie-Louise von Franz, Gulzarilal Nanda, and George Wallace.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Efim Geller ranks 220 out of 1,365. Before him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918), Vladimir Dal (1801), Josyf Slipyj (1892), Bion of Borysthenes (-325), Marina Mniszech (1588), and Robert Maxwell (1923). After him are Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880), Petro Doroshenko (1627), Pavel Batitsky (1910), Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894), Olena Zelenska (1978), and Stanisław Sosabowski (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Efim Geller ranks 70. Before him are Alexandru Averescu (1859), Alexander Rutskoy (1947), Ewelina Hańska (1805), Cyril Genik (1857), Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918), and Robert Maxwell (1923). After him are Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880), Petro Doroshenko (1627), Olena Zelenska (1978), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Michael of Chernigov (1185), and Denys Shmyhal (1975).

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