748 - 814
Charlemagne ( SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN, French: [ʃaʁləmaɲ]) or Charles the Great (Latin: Carolus Magnus; German: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian Dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy Roman Emperor from 800. Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the majority of western and central Europe and was the first recognized emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire around three centuries earlier. The expanded Frankish state that Charlemagne founded was known as the Carolingian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlemagne has received more than 15,093,584 page views. His biography is available in 145 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 143 in 2019). Charlemagne is the 10th most popular politician (up from 11th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from France (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Politician.
Charlemagne was the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is most famous for uniting Western Europe and expanding the Frankish Kingdom into an empire that covered much of Western and Central Europe.
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Among politicians, Charlemagne ranks 10 out of 15,710. Before him are Donald Trump, Louis XIV of France, Augustus, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Stalin, and Vladimir Lenin. After him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Elizabeth I of England, Saladin, Jimmy Carter, Constantine the Great, and Attila.
1946 - Present
HPI: 94.95
Rank: 4
1638 - 1715
HPI: 93.37
Rank: 5
63 BC - 14
HPI: 93.32
Rank: 6
1743 - 1826
HPI: 92.69
Rank: 7
1879 - 1953
HPI: 92.61
Rank: 8
1870 - 1924
HPI: 92.52
Rank: 9
748 - 814
HPI: 91.86
Rank: 10
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.37
Rank: 11
1533 - 1603
HPI: 90.91
Rank: 12
1138 - 1193
HPI: 90.87
Rank: 13
1924 - Present
HPI: 90.85
Rank: 14
272 - 337
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 15
406 - 453
HPI: 90.29
Rank: 16
Among people born in 748, Charlemagne ranks 1. After him is Abu-l-'Atahiya. Among people deceased in 814, Charlemagne ranks 1. After him are Abu Nuwas, Krum, and Angilbert.
748 - 814
HPI: 91.86
Rank: 1
762 - 814
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 2
710 - 814
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 3
740 - 814
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 4
Among people born in France, Charlemagne ranks 5 out of 5,234. Before him are Napoleon (1769), Louis XIV of France (1638), René Descartes (1596), and Joan of Arc (1412). After him are Voltaire (1694), Blaise Pascal (1623), Louis Pasteur (1822), Victor Hugo (1802), Claude Monet (1840), Montesquieu (1689), and Jules Verne (1828).
1769 - 1821
HPI: 95.88
Rank: 1
1638 - 1715
HPI: 93.37
Rank: 2
1596 - 1650
HPI: 92.74
Rank: 3
1412 - 1431
HPI: 92.46
Rank: 4
748 - 814
HPI: 91.86
Rank: 5
1694 - 1778
HPI: 90.89
Rank: 6
1623 - 1662
HPI: 90.70
Rank: 7
1822 - 1895
HPI: 90.54
Rank: 8
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.96
Rank: 9
1840 - 1926
HPI: 89.34
Rank: 10
1689 - 1755
HPI: 89.08
Rank: 11
1828 - 1905
HPI: 88.85
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in France, Charlemagne ranks 3. Before him are Napoleon (1769) and Louis XIV of France (1638). After him are Louis XVI of France (1754), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Napoleon III (1808), Louis XV of France (1710), Henry IV of France (1553), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Philip IV of France (1268), Claudius (-10), and Louis XIII of France (1601).
1769 - 1821
HPI: 95.88
Rank: 1
1638 - 1715
HPI: 93.37
Rank: 2
748 - 814
HPI: 91.86
Rank: 3
1754 - 1793
HPI: 88.73
Rank: 4
1122 - 1190
HPI: 86.62
Rank: 5
1808 - 1873
HPI: 86.45
Rank: 6
1710 - 1774
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 7
1553 - 1610
HPI: 86.09
Rank: 8
1807 - 1882
HPI: 85.56
Rank: 9
1268 - 1314
HPI: 85.36
Rank: 10
10 BC - 54
HPI: 85.30
Rank: 11
1601 - 1643
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 12