1922 - 1976
Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein (11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in January 1976. He is referred to as the Father of Development (Bapa Pembangunan). Tun Razak was the Prime Minister responsible for setting up Barisan Nasional, which is the ruling coalition of political parties that held power in Malaysia till 10 May 2018, with Barisan Nasional losing the 14th Malaysia General Election under his son Najib Razak, taking over from its predecessor, the Alliance. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Razak Hussein has received more than 615,470 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abdul Razak Hussein is the 5,036th most popular politician (up from 5,468th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Malaysia and the 5th most popular Malaysian Politician.
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Among politicians, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 5,036 out of 15,710. Before him are Isabella de' Medici, Karl August Wittfogel, Emperor Huai of Jin, Tomiichi Murayama, Constanze Manziarly, and Bu Bing. After him are Ernő Gerő, Ronald Venetiaan, Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, Bernard de Tremelay, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia.
1542 - 1576
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 5,030
1896 - 1988
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 5,031
300 - 313
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5,032
1924 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5,033
1920 - 1945
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5,034
1800 BC - 1734 BC
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5,035
1922 - 1976
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5,036
1898 - 1980
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5,037
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5,038
102 BC - 48 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 5,039
1100 - 1153
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 5,040
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 5,041
1798 - 1849
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 5,042
Among people born in 1922, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 90. Before him are Enrico Berlinguer, Veronica Lake, Damiano Damiani, Salvatore Giuliano, Denholm Elliott, and Miloš Jakeš. After him are Raymond Franz, Paul Marcinkus, Elmer Bernstein, Marek Edelman, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, and Kim Hunter. Among people deceased in 1976, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 61. Before him are Ivan Yakubovsky, Phil Ochs, George Whipple, Mitsuo Fuchida, George Ostrogorsky, and Harry Nyquist. After him are Carol Reed, Mikhail Gurevich, Walter Warlimont, Lee J. Cobb, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Willi Hennig.
1922 - 1984
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 84
1922 - 1973
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 85
1922 - 2013
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 86
1922 - 1950
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 87
1922 - 1992
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 88
1922 - 2020
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 89
1922 - 1976
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 90
1922 - 2010
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 91
1922 - 2006
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 92
1922 - 2004
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 93
1922 - 2009
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 94
1922 - 2009
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 95
1922 - 2002
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 96
1912 - 1976
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 55
1940 - 1976
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 56
1878 - 1976
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 57
1902 - 1976
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 58
1902 - 1976
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 59
1889 - 1976
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 60
1922 - 1976
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 61
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 62
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 63
1894 - 1976
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 64
1911 - 1976
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 65
1939 - 1976
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 66
1913 - 1976
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 67
Among people born in Malaysia, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 6 out of 54. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939). After him are Michelle Yeoh (1962), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), Hussein Onn (1922), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), and Jimmy Choo (1948).
1925 - Present
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 1
1903 - 1990
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 2
1916 - 2011
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 3
1927 - 2017
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 5
1922 - 1976
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 8
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 9
1922 - 1990
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdul Razak Hussein ranks 5. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939). After him are Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), Hussein Onn (1922), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Yusof Ishak (1910), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), and Anwar Ibrahim (1947).
1925 - Present
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 1
1903 - 1990
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 2
1927 - 2017
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 3
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 4
1922 - 1976
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 6
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 7
1922 - 1990
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 9
1910 - 1970
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 10
1895 - 1960
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 12