1909 - 1983
Aleksandar Ranković Leka (nom de guerre Marko; Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ранковић Лека; 28 November 1909 – 19 August 1983) was a Serbian and Yugoslav communist politician, considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after Josip Broz Tito and Edvard Kardelj. Ranković was a proponent of a centralized Yugoslavia and opposed efforts that promoted decentralization that he deemed to be against the interests of the Serbian people; he ensured Serbs had a strong presence in Serbia's Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo's nomenklatura. Ranković cautioned against separatist forces in Kosovo who were commonly suspected of pursuing seditious activities.The popularity of Ranković in Serbia became apparent at his funeral in 1983, which large numbers of people attended. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandar Ranković has received more than 264,961 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Aleksandar Ranković is the 3,291st most popular politician (down from 3,030th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 46th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Serbian Politician.
Aleksandar Ranković was the Yugoslav Minister of the Interior from 1966 to 1969, and he is most famous for his role in the suppression of the Croatian Spring movement.
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Among politicians, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 3,291 out of 15,577. Before him are Mihnea cel Rău, William II of Holland, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Cordell Hull, Henry II, Count of Champagne, and Gottlob Berger. After him are Lady Margaret Beaufort, Otto I, Duke of Saxony, Yasuo Fukuda, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond.
1462 - 1510
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 3,285
1228 - 1256
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3,286
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3,287
1871 - 1955
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3,288
1166 - 1197
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3,289
1896 - 1975
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,290
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,291
1443 - 1509
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,292
851 - 912
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,293
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 3,294
1866 - 1934
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,295
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,296
1430 - 1456
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3,297
Among people born in 1909, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 33. Before him are Marinus van der Lubbe, Magda Schneider, Souphanouvong, Virginia Apgar, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Jessica Tandy. After him are Leo Fender, Stanislaw Ulam, Ernst vom Rath, Matt Busby, Hélder Câmara, and László Rajk. Among people deceased in 1983, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 26. Before him are Gerhard Barkhorn, Buckminster Fuller, Alfred Tarski, John Fante, Anna Seghers, and George Balanchine. After him are Muddy Waters, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Ulf von Euler, Robert Aldrich, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders.
1909 - 1934
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 27
1909 - 1996
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 28
1909 - 1995
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 29
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 30
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 31
1909 - 1994
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 32
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 33
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 34
1909 - 1984
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 35
1909 - 1938
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 36
1909 - 1994
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 37
1909 - 1999
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 38
1909 - 1949
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 39
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 20
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 21
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 22
1909 - 1983
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 23
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 24
1904 - 1983
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 25
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 26
1913 - 1983
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 27
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 28
1905 - 1983
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 29
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 30
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 31
1903 - 1983
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 32
Among people born in Serbia, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 48 out of 564. Before him are Milan Nedić (1878), Krum (710), Milorad Pavić (1929), Tomislav Nikolić (1952), Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806), and Mihajlo Pupin (1858). After him are Dragan Džajić (1946), Bora Milutinović (1944), Milena Dravić (1940), Aleksandar Vučić (1970), Danilo Kiš (1935), and Vesna Vulović (1950).
1878 - 1946
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 42
710 - 814
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 43
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 45
1806 - 1885
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 46
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 47
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 48
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 49
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 50
1940 - 2018
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 51
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 52
1935 - 1989
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 53
1950 - 2016
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 54
Among politicians born in Serbia, Aleksandar Ranković ranks 35. Before him are Quintillus (220), Nikola Pašić (1845), Milan Nedić (1878), Krum (710), Tomislav Nikolić (1952), and Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806). After him are Aleksandar Vučić (1970), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), Radomir Putnik (1847), Borisav Jović (1928), Dušan Simović (1882), and Şehsuvar Sultan (1682).
220 - 270
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 29
1845 - 1926
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 30
1878 - 1946
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 31
710 - 814
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 32
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 33
1806 - 1885
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 34
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 35
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 36
1823 - 1868
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 37
1847 - 1917
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 38
1928 - 2021
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 39
1882 - 1962
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 40
1682 - 1756
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 41