1235 - 1280
Drogön Chogyal Phagpa (Tibetan: འགྲོ་མགོན་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་འཕགས་པ་, Wylie: ʼgro mgon chos rgyal ʼphags pa; Chinese: 八思巴 ʼphags pa; 1235 – 15 December 1280), was the fifth leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was also the first Imperial Preceptor of the Yuan dynasty and was concurrently named the director of the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs, serving during the reign of Kublai Khan. Historical tradition remembers him as the first vice-ruler of Tibet under the Yuan emperor as well as one of the Five Sakya patriarchs (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་གོང་མ་རྣམ་ལྔ་, Wylie: sa skya gong ma rnam lnga). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Drogön Chögyal Phagpa has received more than 111,863 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Drogön Chögyal Phagpa is the 6,696th most popular politician (down from 6,639th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from China (down from 489th in 2019) and the 295th most popular Chinese Politician.
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Among politicians, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 6,696 out of 15,577. Before him are Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes, Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Guillaume de Chartres, Princess Hilda of Nassau, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Eleanor of Castile. After him are Titus Flavius Clemens, Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, Marc Ravalomanana, Emperor An of Jin, Lucius Licinius Crassus, and Lusius Quietus.
919 - 998
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,690
3 BC - 65
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,691
1178 - 1219
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,692
1864 - 1952
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,693
1545 - 1622
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,694
1191 - 1244
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,695
1235 - 1280
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,696
50 - 95
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6,697
1130 - 1153
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 6,698
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 6,699
382 - 419
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 6,700
140 BC - 91 BC
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 6,701
100 - 118
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 6,702
Among people born in 1235, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 6. Before him are Pope Boniface VIII, Mengu-Timur, Yolanda of Poland, Muhammad II of Granada, and Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Hugh III of Cyprus, Shlomo ibn Aderet, Hayton of Corycus, and Jacob van Maerlant. Among people deceased in 1280, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 7. Before him are Albertus Magnus, Pope Nicholas III, Orda Khan, Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, Magnus VI of Norway, and Al-Said Barakah. After him are Guan Hanqing, Yolande II, Countess of Nevers, Jacopo Contarini, and John I de la Roche.
1235 - 1303
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 1
1235 - 1282
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 2
1235 - 1298
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 3
1235 - 1302
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 4
1235 - 1290
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 5
1235 - 1280
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6
1235 - 1284
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 7
1235 - 1310
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 8
1235 - 1308
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 9
1235 - 1300
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 10
1206 - 1280
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 1
1215 - 1280
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 2
1204 - 1280
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 3
1202 - 1280
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 4
1238 - 1280
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 5
1260 - 1280
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 6
1235 - 1280
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 7
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 8
1247 - 1280
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 9
1194 - 1280
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 10
1300 - 1280
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 11
Among people born in China, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 497 out of 1,392. Before him are Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Eileen Chang (1920), Chen Yi (1901), Li Cunxu (885), and Deng Yingchao (1904). After him are Rinchinbal Khan (1326), Zhang Xun (1854), Chen Kaige (1952), Shen Yue (441), Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362), and Zhang Juzheng (1525).
50 BC - 23
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 491
1911 - 2004
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 492
1920 - 1995
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 493
1901 - 1972
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 494
885 - 926
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 495
1904 - 1992
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 496
1235 - 1280
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 497
1326 - 1332
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 498
1854 - 1923
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 499
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 500
441 - 513
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 501
362 - 396
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 502
1525 - 1582
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 503
Among politicians born in China, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 295. Before him are He Zizhen (1910), Feng Guozhang (1859), Yen Chia-kan (1905), Chen Yi (1901), Li Cunxu (885), and Deng Yingchao (1904). After him are Rinchinbal Khan (1326), Zhang Xun (1854), Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362), Zhang Juzheng (1525), Bai Chongxi (1893), and Liu Penzi (11).
1910 - 1984
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 289
1859 - 1919
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 290
1905 - 1993
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 291
1901 - 1972
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 292
885 - 926
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 293
1904 - 1992
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 294
1235 - 1280
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 295
1326 - 1332
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 296
1854 - 1923
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 297
362 - 396
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 298
1525 - 1582
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 299
1893 - 1966
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 300
11 - 100
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 301