1496 - 1540
Dawit II (Ge'ez: ዳዊት; c. 1496 – 2 September 1540), also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad (ወናግ ሰገድ, to whom the lions bow), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (Amharic: ልብነ ድንግል, essence of the virgin), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose political center and palace was in Shewa. A male line descendant of the medieval Amhara kings, and thus a member of the House of Solomon, he was the son of Emperor Na'od and Empress Na'od Mogesa. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dawit II has received more than 200,395 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dawit II is the 11,695th most popular politician (down from 10,401st in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Ethiopian Politician.
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Among politicians, Dawit II ranks 11,695 out of 15,577. Before him are Francesco Erizzo, Alexander Protopopov, Ariarathes III of Cappadocia, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Alexander Lebedev, and Strom Thurmond. After him are José López Rega, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Giovanni Lanza, Mohamed Bazoum, and Wihtred of Kent.
1566 - 1646
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 11,689
1866 - 1918
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 11,690
300 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 11,691
1826 - 1887
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 11,692
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 11,693
1902 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 11,694
1496 - 1540
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 11,695
1916 - 1989
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,696
1672 - 1723
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,697
290 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,698
1810 - 1882
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,699
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,700
670 - 725
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,701
Among people born in 1496, Dawit II ranks 9. Before him are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Menno Simons, Sebastiano Venier, Claude, Duke of Guise, João de Barros, and Johann Walter. After him is Angelo Beolco. Among people deceased in 1540, Dawit II ranks 15. Before him are Tristão da Cunha, Guillaume Budé, Joos van Cleve, Tomé Pires, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, and Barthel Beham. After him are Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal and Francisco de Ulloa.
1496 - 1533
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 3
1496 - 1561
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 4
1496 - 1578
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 5
1496 - 1550
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 6
1496 - 1570
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 7
1496 - 1570
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 8
1496 - 1540
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 9
1496 - 1542
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 10
1460 - 1540
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 9
1467 - 1540
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 10
1485 - 1540
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 11
1468 - 1540
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 12
1515 - 1540
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 13
1502 - 1540
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 14
1496 - 1540
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 15
1509 - 1540
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 16
1501 - 1540
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 17
Among people born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 28 out of 89. Before him are Mamo Wolde (1932), Fasilides (1603), Zara Yaqob (1399), Mulatu Astatke (1943), Negasso Gidada (1943), and Wilfred Thesiger (1910). After him are Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Miruts Yifter (1944), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Malik Ambar (1548), Ezana of Axum (325), and Tafari Benti (1921).
1932 - 2002
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 22
1603 - 1667
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 23
1399 - 1468
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 24
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 25
1943 - 2019
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 26
1910 - 2003
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 27
1496 - 1540
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 28
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 29
1944 - 2016
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 30
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 31
1548 - 1626
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 32
325 - 360
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 33
1921 - 1977
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 34
Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Dawit II ranks 20. Before him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Taytu Betul (1851), Yohannes IV (1837), Fasilides (1603), and Negasso Gidada (1943). After him are Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Ezana of Axum (325), Tafari Benti (1921), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), and Susenyos I (1572).
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 15
1851 - 1918
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 16
1837 - 1889
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 17
1603 - 1667
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 18
1943 - 2019
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 19
1496 - 1540
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 21
325 - 360
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 22
1921 - 1977
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 23
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 24
1941 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 25
1572 - 1632
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 26