1447 - 1512
Bayezid II (Ottoman Turkish: بايزيد ثانى, romanized: Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Bayezid; 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne to his son, Selim I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bayezid II has received more than 2,196,741 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Bayezid II is the 127th most popular politician (up from 144th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Greece (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Politician.
Bayezid II is most famous for his victory over the crusaders in the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396.
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Among politicians, Bayezid II ranks 127 out of 15,577. Before him are Amenhotep III, Lorenzo de' Medici, Xerxes I, Claudius, Mark Antony, and Narendra Modi. After him are Kim Jong-il, Francis I of France, Mehmed IV, Murad II, George W. Bush, and Deng Xiaoping.
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 121
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 122
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 123
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 124
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 125
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 126
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 127
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 128
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 129
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 130
1404 - 1451
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 131
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 132
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 133
Among people born in 1447, Bayezid II ranks 1. After him are Chenghua Emperor, Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Catherine of Genoa, Philippe de Commines, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Pietro Riario, and Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1512, Bayezid II ranks 2. Before him is Amerigo Vespucci. After him are Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Svante Nilsson, Alessandro Achillini, and Antoine Brumel.
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 1
1447 - 1487
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 2
1447 - 1508
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 3
1447 - 1510
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 4
1447 - 1511
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 5
1447 - 1500
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 6
1447 - 1522
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 7
1447 - 1474
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 8
1447 - 1504
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 9
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 1
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 2
1489 - 1512
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3
1464 - 1512
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 4
1460 - 1512
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 5
1463 - 1512
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 6
1460 - 1512
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 7
Among people born in Greece, Bayezid II ranks 26 out of 936. Before him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Sappho (-630), Plutarch (46), El Greco (1541), Thucydides (-460), and Phidias (-490). After him are Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Xenophon (-430), Demosthenes (-384), Themistocles (-524), Leonidas I (-540), and Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478).
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 20
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 21
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 22
1541 - 1614
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 23
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 24
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 25
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 26
1525 - 1583
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 27
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 28
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 29
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 30
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 31
1478 - 1546
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 32
Among politicians born in Greece, Bayezid II ranks 5. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Pericles (-494), Kösem Sultan (1590), and Philip II of Macedon (-382). After him are Demosthenes (-384), Leonidas I (-540), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Cleisthenes (-565), Solon (-638), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), and Alcibiades (-450).
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.95
Rank: 1
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 2
1590 - 1651
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 3
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 4
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 5
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 6
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 7
1493 - 1536
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 8
565 BC - 492 BC
HPI: 77.81
Rank: 9
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 10
1769 - 1849
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 11
450 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 12