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Dhyan Chand

1905 - 1979

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Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player. He is widely regarded by many as the greatest field hockey player in world history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals, in 1928, 1932 and 1936, during an era where India dominated field hockey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dhyan Chand has received more than 4,398,222 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Dhyan Chand is the 3,418th most popular politician (up from 4,936th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from India (up from 154th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dhyan Chand ranks 3,418 out of 19,576. Before him are Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Ali Asadov, Theudebert II, and Stefan Dragutin. After him are Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Artavasdes II of Armenia, Philip II, Lu Su, Emperor Hui of Jin, and Simeon of Moscow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Dhyan Chand ranks 35. Before him are Dalton Trumbo, Ulf von Euler, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Marian Rejewski, Max Schmeling, and Otto Preminger. After him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Enrique Ballestrero, Franz Ziereis, George H. Hitchings, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, and Pierre Gemayel. Among people deceased in 1979, Dhyan Chand ranks 37. Before him are Rachele Mussolini, Mary Pickford, Otto Robert Frisch, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Ernst Chain, and Peggy Guggenheim. After him are Giulio Natta, Edvard Kardelj, Francisco Macías Nguema, Dimitri Tiomkin, Mamie Eisenhower, and Abul A'la Maududi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dhyan Chand ranks 113 out of 1,861. Before him are Ahmed Deedat (1918), Razia Sultana (1205), Tukaram (1608), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), Sushruta (-620), and Vātsyāyana (300). After him are Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Droupadi Murmu (1958), Akshay Kumar (1967), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), and Chandragupta II (400).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Dhyan Chand ranks 33. Before him are Bindusara (-320), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), and Razia Sultana (1205). After him are Droupadi Murmu (1958), Chandragupta II (400), Sambhaji (1657), Vishvamitra (-2000), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), and Dadabhai Naoroji (1825).

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