1931 - 2015
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam BR ( ; 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam has received more than 44,716,012 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is the 169th most popular politician (up from 220th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from India (down from 7th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Politician.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Widely referred to as the "People's President" and the "Missile Man of India", he made significant contributions to India's civilian space program and military missile development and was a beloved figure for his dedication to education and inspiration to the youth.
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Among politicians, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ranks 169 out of 15,577. Before him are Alexander I of Russia, Pol Pot, Catherine I of Russia, Demosthenes, Batu Khan, and Joanna of Castile. After him are Henry III of France, Akbar, Reinhard Heydrich, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Suleiman II, and Thutmose III.
1777 - 1825
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 163
1925 - 1998
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 164
1684 - 1727
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 165
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 166
1207 - 1255
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 167
1479 - 1555
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 168
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 169
1551 - 1589
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 170
1542 - 1605
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 171
1904 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 172
1194 - 1250
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 173
1642 - 1691
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 174
1481 BC - 1425 BC
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 175
Among people born in 1931, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ranks 4. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Rajneesh. After him are Toni Morrison, James Dean, Raúl Castro, Chun Doo-hwan, Monica Vitti, Desmond Tutu, Philip Kotler, and Robert Duvall. Among people deceased in 2015, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ranks 2. Before him is John Forbes Nash Jr.. After him are Lee Kuan Yew, Günter Grass, Omar Sharif, Demis Roussos, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Christopher Lee, Terry Pratchett, Tomas Tranströmer, Helmut Schmidt, and B.B. King.
1931 - 2022
HPI: 86.13
Rank: 1
1931 - 2007
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 2
1931 - 1990
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 3
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 4
1931 - 2019
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 5
1931 - 1955
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 6
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 7
1931 - 2021
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 8
1931 - 2022
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 9
1931 - 2021
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 10
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 11
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 12
1928 - 2015
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 1
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 2
1923 - 2015
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 3
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 4
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 5
1946 - 2015
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 6
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 7
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 8
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 9
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 10
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 11
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ranks 9 out of 1,493. Before him are Ashoka (-304), George Orwell (1903), Rajneesh (1931), Narendra Modi (1950), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), and Amitabh Bachchan (1942). After him are Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), Vivien Leigh (1913), Ramakrishna (1836), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Nagarjuna (150), and Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887).
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 3
1903 - 1950
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 4
1931 - 1990
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 6
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 8
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 9
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 10
1913 - 1967
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 11
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 12
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 13
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 14
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 15
Among politicians born in India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ranks 3. Before him are Ashoka (-304) and Narendra Modi (1950). After him are Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Indira Gandhi (1917), Shivaji (1627), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), and Rani of Jhansi (1828).
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 1
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 2
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 3
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 4
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 5
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 6
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 7
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 8
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 9
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 10
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 11
1828 - 1858
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 12