POLITICIAN

B. R. Ambedkar

1891 - 1956

Photo of B. R. Ambedkar

Icon of person B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian economist, jurist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. R. Ambedkar has received more than 31,989,929 page views. His biography is available in 132 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 122 in 2019). B. R. Ambedkar is the 281st most popular politician (up from 326th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from India (up from 12th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Politician.

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, politician, and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits). He was Independent India's first law minister and the principal architect of the Constitution of India.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 132

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 281 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand II of Aragon, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Leopold III of Belgium, Charles VII of France, Alexander II of Russia, and Charles VIII of France. After him are Charles the Bald, Edward Heath, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Hu Jintao, Septimius Severus, and Odoacer.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 4. Before him are Karl Dönitz, Erwin Rommel, and Antonio Gramsci. After him are Sergei Prokofiev, Mikhail Bulgakov, Walter Model, Max Ernst, Nelly Sachs, Edith Stein, James Chadwick, and John Howard Northrop. Among people deceased in 1956, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 3. Before him are Bertolt Brecht, and Irène Joliot-Curie. After him are Jackson Pollock, Konstantin von Neurath, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Pietro Badoglio, Jules Rimet, Emil Nolde, Frederick Soddy, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, and Lucien Febvre.

Others Born in 1891

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 10 out of 1,861. Before him are Rajneesh (1931), George Orwell (1903), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889). After him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Ramakrishna (1836), Vivien Leigh (1913), Nagarjuna (150), Shivaji (1627), and Mahavira (-599).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 5. Before him are Narendra Modi (1950), Ashoka (-304), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889). After him are Shivaji (1627), Indira Gandhi (1917), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Sariputta (-568), Jahangir (1569), and Aurangzeb (1618).

Indian born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous