1916 - 2008
Sri Lankabhimanya Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (Sinhala: ඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංග,Tamil: டிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க; 15 February 1916 – 21 September 2008) was the fourth President of Sri Lanka from 1 May 1993 to 12 November 1994, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 3 March 1989 to 7 May 1993 and the Governor of North Western province, Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1989. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dingiri Banda Wijetunga has received more than 116,302 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dingiri Banda Wijetunga is the 13,422nd most popular politician (down from 11,881st in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.
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Among politicians, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ranks 13,422 out of 15,710. Before him are Ulla Schmidt, Einar Arnórsson, François Asselineau, BP Koirala, Andrei Kobyakov, and Atlanersa. After him are José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Vasile Tarlev, John Delaney, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Adnan Badran, and Juan José de Amézaga.
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,416
1880 - 1955
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,417
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,418
1914 - 1982
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,419
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,420
650 BC - 639 BC
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,421
1916 - 2008
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,422
1859 - 1935
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 13,423
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 13,424
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 13,425
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 13,426
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 13,427
1881 - 1956
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 13,428
Among people born in 1916, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ranks 221. Before him are Nadya Nozharova, Ken Wharton, Yasuji Miyazaki, Paul Felix Schmidt, Herbert Friedman, and Roger Apéry. After him are I. J. Good, Dorothy Cheney, Kåre Holt, Frank Parker, George Montgomery, and Martha Raye. Among people deceased in 2008, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ranks 262. Before him are Jimmy Carl Black, Sam Manekshaw, William F. Buckley Jr., Bjørn Paulson, Ai Iijima, and Buddy Miles. After him are Frederick Seitz, Lilyan Chauvin, Sam Tingle, Julie Ege, Yegor Letov, and Tony Rolt.
1916 - 2014
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 215
1916 - 1957
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 216
1916 - 1989
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 217
1916 - 1984
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 218
1916 - 2000
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 219
1916 - 1994
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 220
1916 - 2008
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 221
1916 - 2009
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 222
1916 - 2014
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 223
1916 - 1997
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 224
1916 - 1997
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 225
1916 - 2000
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 226
1916 - 1994
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 227
1938 - 2008
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 256
1914 - 2008
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 257
1925 - 2008
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 258
1923 - 2008
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 259
1972 - 2008
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 260
1947 - 2008
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 261
1916 - 2008
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 262
1911 - 2008
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 263
1925 - 2008
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 264
1921 - 2008
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 265
1943 - 2008
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 266
1964 - 2008
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 267
1918 - 2008
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 268
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ranks 25 out of 39. Before him are M. G. Ramachandran (1917), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), Malcolm Ranjith (1947), William Gopallawa (1896), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), and Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933). After him are Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), Frederick G. Donnan (1870), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Duncan White (1918), and Bob Tisdall (1907).
1917 - 1987
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 19
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 21
1896 - 1981
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 22
1924 - 1993
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 23
1933 - 2016
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 24
1916 - 2008
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 26
1911 - 1973
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 27
1870 - 1956
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 28
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 29
1918 - 1998
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 30
1907 - 2004
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 31
Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ranks 12. Before him are D. S. Senanayake (1883), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), William Gopallawa (1896), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), and Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933). After him are Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), and Alexander Khloponin (1965).
1883 - 1952
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 6
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 7
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 8
1896 - 1981
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 9
1924 - 1993
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 10
1933 - 2016
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 11
1916 - 2008
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 13
1911 - 1973
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 14
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 15
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 16