1807 - 1862
Barbu Catargiu (26 October 1807 – 20 June [O.S. 8 June] 1862) was a conservative Romanian politician and journalist. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 20 June that year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbu Catargiu has received more than 55,135 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbu Catargiu is the 12,116th most popular politician (down from 10,217th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Romania (down from 212th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Romanian Politician.
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Among politicians, Barbu Catargiu ranks 12,116 out of 15,577. Before him are Georg Friedrich von Martens, Lambert Simnel, Marduk-zakir-shumi I, Uglješa Mrnjavčević, Orso II Participazio, and Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile, Kaarlo Castrén, Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Horace Mann, Antiochus III of Commagene, and Željka Cvijanović.
1756 - 1821
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 12,110
1477 - 1525
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 12,111
850 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 12,112
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 12,113
850 - 932
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 12,114
1802 - 1818
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 12,115
1807 - 1862
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 12,116
1059 - 1078
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 12,117
1860 - 1938
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 12,118
1767 - 1812
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 12,119
1796 - 1859
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 12,120
100 BC - 17
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 12,121
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 12,122
Among people born in 1807, Barbu Catargiu ranks 34. Before him are Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Anna Russell, Adrien-François Servais, and Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński. After him are Napoléon Henri Reber, Ye Mingchen, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Joseph Decaisne, Luigi Palmieri, and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff. Among people deceased in 1862, Barbu Catargiu ranks 37. Before him are Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albert Sidney Johnston, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, and Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov. After him are José María Bocanegra, Francisco Balagtas, Sofia Adlersparre, Robert Knox, Carlos Anaya, and František Škroup.
1807 - 1869
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 28
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 29
1807 - 1867
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 30
1807 - 1876
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 31
1807 - 1866
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 32
1807 - 1867
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 33
1807 - 1862
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 34
1807 - 1880
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 35
1807 - 1859
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 36
1807 - 1863
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 37
1807 - 1882
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 38
1807 - 1896
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 39
1807 - 1882
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 40
1787 - 1862
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 31
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 32
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 33
1789 - 1862
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 34
1780 - 1862
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 35
1786 - 1862
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 36
1807 - 1862
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 37
1787 - 1862
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 38
1788 - 1862
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 39
1808 - 1862
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 40
1791 - 1862
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 41
1777 - 1862
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 42
1801 - 1862
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 43
Among people born in Romania, Barbu Catargiu ranks 266 out of 665. Before him are Ștefan Luchian (1868), Emil Racoviță (1868), Dimitrie Sturdza (1833), Isidore Isou (1925), Ștefan Barbu (1908), and Liviu Librescu (1930). After him are Nicolae Ciucă (1967), Lupu Pick (1886), Marius Lăcătuș (1964), Victor Pițurcă (1956), Dumitru Prunariu (1952), and Anca Petrescu (1949).
1868 - 1916
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 260
1868 - 1947
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 261
1833 - 1914
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 262
1925 - 2007
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 263
1908 - 1970
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 264
1930 - 2007
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 265
1807 - 1862
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 266
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 267
1886 - 1931
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 268
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 269
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 270
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 271
1949 - 2013
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 272
Among politicians born in Romania, Barbu Catargiu ranks 98. Before him are Ion Gigurtu (1886), Kálmán Tisza (1830), Gheorghe Argeșanu (1883), Florin Cîțu (1972), Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832), and Dimitrie Sturdza (1833). After him are Nicolae Ciucă (1967), Aurel Popovici (1863), Béla Károlyi (1942), Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (1946), Theodor Stolojan (1943), and Teoctist Arăpașu (1915).
1886 - 1959
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 92
1830 - 1902
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 93
1883 - 1940
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 94
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 95
1832 - 1913
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 96
1833 - 1914
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 97
1807 - 1862
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 98
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 99
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 100
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 101
1946 - 2021
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 102
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 103
1915 - 2007
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 104