Politician

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1924 - 2018

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2024). Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the 2,617th most popular politician (down from 1,645th in 2024), the 105th most popular biography from India (down from 57th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Indian Politician.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a prime minister of India for six years. He is most famous for his leadership in the Pokhran nuclear test in 1998, which was the first nuclear test conducted by a country outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Atal Bihari Vajpayee ranks 2,616 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeroboam II, Louis, Prince of Condé, Phalaris, Yazid II, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, and Vasily I of Moscow. After him are Louise of Savoy, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Jean Sylvain Bailly, William IV, Prince of Orange, Emperor Nakamikado, and Alp-Tegin.

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Jeroboam II
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HPI: 70.56
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Louis, Prince of Condé
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HPI: 70.56
Rank: 2,612
Phalaris
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HPI: 70.56
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Yazid II
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HPI: 70.55
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Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
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HPI: 70.55
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Vasily I of Moscow
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HPI: 70.55
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1924 - 2018
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 2,617
Louise of Savoy
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HPI: 70.55
Rank: 2,618
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
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HPI: 70.55
Rank: 2,619
Jean Sylvain Bailly
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HPI: 70.54
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William IV, Prince of Orange
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Rank: 2,621
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HPI: 70.54
Rank: 2,622
Alp-Tegin
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HPI: 70.54
Rank: 2,623

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Atal Bihari Vajpayee ranks 37. Before him are Mário Soares, Kōbō Abe, J. D. Tippit, Sidney Lumet, Ezer Weizman, and Benny Hill. After him are Amílcar Cabral, Lee Marvin, Willard Boyle, Antony Hewish, Luigi Nono, and Henry Mancini. Among people deceased in 2018, Atal Bihari Vajpayee ranks 39. Before him are Billy Graham, Paul D. Boyer, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Roy J. Glauber, Hubert de Givenchy, and Arvid Carlsson. After him are Thomas A. Steitz, John Gavin, Aaron Klug, Burt Reynolds, Sondra Locke, and Arto Paasilinna.

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Mário Soares
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2017
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 31
Kōbō Abe
WRITER
1924 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 32
J. D. Tippit
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1924 - 1963
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 33
Sidney Lumet
FILM DIRECTOR
1924 - 2011
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 34
Ezer Weizman
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2005
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 35
Benny Hill
ACTOR
1924 - 1992
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 36
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2018
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 37
Amílcar Cabral
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1924 - 1973
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 38
Lee Marvin
ACTOR
1924 - 1987
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 39
Willard Boyle
PHYSICIST
1924 - 2011
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 40
Antony Hewish
ASTRONOMER
1924 - 2021
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 41
Luigi Nono
COMPOSER
1924 - 1990
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 42
Henry Mancini
COMPOSER
1924 - 1994
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 43

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Billy Graham
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1918 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 33
Paul D. Boyer
CHEMIST
1918 - 2018
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 34
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2018
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 35
Roy J. Glauber
PHYSICIST
1925 - 2018
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 36
Hubert de Givenchy
FASHION DESIGNER
1927 - 2018
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 37
Arvid Carlsson
PHYSICIAN
1923 - 2018
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 38
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2018
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 39
Thomas A. Steitz
CHEMIST
1940 - 2018
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 40
John Gavin
ACTOR
1931 - 2018
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 41
Aaron Klug
CHEMIST
1926 - 2018
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 42
Burt Reynolds
ACTOR
1936 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 43
Sondra Locke
ACTOR
1944 - 2018
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 44
Arto Paasilinna
WRITER
1942 - 2018
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 45