Politician

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Mughal emperor

1775 - 1862

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Bahadur Shah Zafar

His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2024). Bahadur Shah Zafar is the 393rd most popular politician (up from 1,798th in 2024), the 21st most popular biography from India (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Politician.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of India. He is most famous for being the emperor during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which was a rebellion against the British East India Company.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Bahadur Shah Zafar ranks 393 out of 19,576. Before him are Rudolf Höss, Vyacheslav Molotov, Peter III of Russia, Charles I of Anjou, Peisistratos, and Olof Palme. After him are Ashurbanipal, Stephen I of Hungary, Gerhard Schröder, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Alexander Dubček, and Oscar II of Sweden.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Rudolf Höss
1901 - 1947
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 387
Vyacheslav Molotov
1890 - 1986
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 388
Peter III of Russia
1728 - 1762
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 389
Charles I of Anjou
1226 - 1285
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 390
Peisistratos
600 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 391
Olof Palme
1927 - 1986
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 392
Bahadur Shah Zafar
1775 - 1862
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 393
Ashurbanipal
685 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 394
Stephen I of Hungary
975 - 1038
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 395
Gerhard Schröder
1944 - Present
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 396
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
1493 - 1536
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 397
Alexander Dubček
1921 - 1992
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 398
Oscar II of Sweden
1829 - 1907
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 399

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Bahadur Shah Zafar ranks 4. Before him are André-Marie Ampère, Jane Austen, and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. After him are J. M. W. Turner, Ching Shih, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Matthew Lewis, and François-Adrien Boieldieu. Among people deceased in 1862, Bahadur Shah Zafar ranks 2. Before him is Martin Van Buren. After him are Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Colt, John Tyler, Jean-Baptiste Biot, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Fromental Halévy, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Božena Němcová, James Clark Ross, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry.

Others Born in 1775

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André-Marie Ampère
PHYSICIST
1775 - 1836
HPI: 84.30
Rank: 1
Jane Austen
WRITER
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
PHILOSOPHER
1775 - 1854
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 3
Bahadur Shah Zafar
POLITICIAN
1775 - 1862
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 4
J. M. W. Turner
PAINTER
1775 - 1851
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 5
Ching Shih
PIRATE
1775 - 1844
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 6
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
NOBLEMAN
1775 - 1844
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 7
Lucien Bonaparte
DIPLOMAT
1775 - 1840
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 8
Eugène François Vidocq
INSPIRATION
1775 - 1857
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 9
Carlota Joaquina of Spain
NOBLEMAN
1775 - 1830
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 10
Matthew Lewis
WRITER
1775 - 1818
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 11
François-Adrien Boieldieu
COMPOSER
1775 - 1834
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1862

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Martin Van Buren
POLITICIAN
1782 - 1862
HPI: 88.89
Rank: 1
Bahadur Shah Zafar
POLITICIAN
1775 - 1862
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 2
Henry David Thoreau
WRITER
1817 - 1862
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 3
Samuel Colt
INVENTOR
1814 - 1862
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 4
John Tyler
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1862
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 5
Jean-Baptiste Biot
PHYSICIST
1774 - 1862
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 6
Mikhail Ostrogradsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1801 - 1862
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 7
Fromental Halévy
COMPOSER
1799 - 1862
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 8
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1787 - 1862
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 9
Božena Němcová
WRITER
1820 - 1862
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 10
James Clark Ross
EXPLORER
1800 - 1862
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 11
Princess Maria Antonia Koháry
COMPOSER
1797 - 1862
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 12