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The top 10 Politicians from Romania trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
1407 - 1456
Trending in Hungarian (#59) Wikipedia (159 views, on Sep 8).
This page contains a list of the greatest Romanians Politicians. The pantheon dataset contains 20,022 Politicians, 183 of which were born in Romania. This makes Romania the birth place of the 21st most number of Politicians behind Sweden and Denmark.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Romanian Politicians of all time. This list of famous Romanian Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Romanian Politicians.
1918 - 1989
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communist politician who served as the General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989. He was the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989. Ceaușescu was overthrown in 1989 and executed by the military in December 1989.
401 - 474
The Thracian is most famous for being a musical instrument.
1921 - 2017
Michael I of Romania was the first King of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930. He was the son of King Ferdinand I and a grandson of Queen Victoria.
1533 - 1586
Stephen Báthory was a Hungarian prince, who was the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. He is most famous for his military victories against the Ottoman Empire and his rule over the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
376 - 410
Alaric I is most famous for being the first king of the Visigoths.
1407 - 1456
John Hunyadi is most famous for defending Hungary from the Ottoman Empire.
1882 - 1946
Antonescu was a Romanian military officer who served as the country's Prime Minister and Conducător during World War II. He presided over Romania's transition from a democracy to a dictatorship and was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Jews, Roma, and other Romanian civilians.
1206 - 1270
Béla IV of Hungary is most famous for his introduction of the Golden Bull, which set the rules for the election of the king.
1916 - 1989
Elena Ceaușescu was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the communist dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989. She is most famous for being a member of the Romanian Communist Party and a member of the Romanian Academy.
1438 - 1475
Radu cel Frumos is most famous for being the first ruler of Wallachia.
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