1911 - 1973
Dudley Shelton Senanayake (Sinhala: ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක: Tamil: டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா; 19 June 1911 – 13 April 1973), was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1952 to 1953 (first term as the second prime minister of Ceylon), in 1960 (second term), and from 1965 to 1970 (third term) and Leader of the Opposition from 1960 to 1964. Senanayake's tenures as prime minister were associated with democratic policies focused on agricultural and educational reforms with a pro-western alignment. Born to a political family, he was the eldest son of D. S. Senanayake, who lead the independence movement that gained self-rule for Ceylon in 1948, with D. S. Senanayake becoming the prime minister of Ceylon. Dudley Senanayake, who was educated at S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dudley Senanayake has received more than 206,328 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Dudley Senanayake is the 15,149th most popular politician (down from 13,576th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 27th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.
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Among politicians, Dudley Senanayake ranks 15,149 out of 15,577. Before him are Mark Esper, Henning Christophersen, Avraham Burg, Isabell Werth, Mairead McGuinness, and Avril Haines. After him are Osred I of Northumbria, Neil Abercrombie, Jim Risch, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Francis Hopkinson, and William Paterson.
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 15,143
1939 - 2016
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 15,144
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 15,145
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 15,146
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 15,147
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 15,148
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,149
697 - 716
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,150
1938 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,151
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,152
1785 - 1856
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,153
1737 - 1791
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,154
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 15,155
Among people born in 1911, Dudley Senanayake ranks 317. Before him are Paul Grégoire, Garrett Birkhoff, Maurice Perrin, John Gorton, Terence Rattigan, and Eric Williams. After him are Basil Dearden, Harry Golombek, Alf Martinsen, Frithjof Ulleberg, Ellsworth Vines, and Näcip Cihanov. Among people deceased in 1973, Dudley Senanayake ranks 231. Before him are Brigitte Reimann, Nasif Estéfano, Robert Défossé, Balraj Sahni, Tim Holt, and C. H. Dodd. After him are François Bonlieu, Armando Segato, Mário de Noronha, Clarence White, Arthur Fadden, and William Inge.
1911 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 311
1911 - 1996
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 312
1911 - 1992
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 313
1911 - 2002
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 314
1911 - 1977
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 315
1911 - 1981
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 316
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 317
1911 - 1971
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 318
1911 - 1995
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 319
1911 - 1988
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 320
1911 - 1993
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 321
1911 - 1994
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 322
1911 - 1988
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 323
1933 - 1973
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 225
1932 - 1973
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 226
1909 - 1973
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 227
1913 - 1973
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 228
1919 - 1973
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 229
1884 - 1973
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 230
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 231
1937 - 1973
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 232
1930 - 1973
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 233
1885 - 1973
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 234
1944 - 1973
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 235
1894 - 1973
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 236
1913 - 1973
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 237
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Dudley Senanayake ranks 28 out of 44. Before him are Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Frederick G. Donnan (1870), Malcolm Ranjith (1947), and Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949). After him are Duncan White (1918), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Thomas Cooray (1901), Bob Tisdall (1907), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), and Heather Armitage (1933).
1924 - 1993
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 22
1916 - 2008
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 23
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 24
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 25
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 27
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 28
1918 - 1998
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 29
1931 - 2019
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 30
1901 - 1988
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 31
1907 - 2004
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 32
1810 - 1890
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 33
1933 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 34
Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Dudley Senanayake ranks 14. Before him are William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), and Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949). After him are D. M. Jayaratne (1931) and Alexander Khloponin (1965).
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 8
1883 - 1952
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 9
1924 - 1993
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 10
1916 - 2008
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 11
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 13
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 14
1931 - 2019
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 15
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.10
Rank: 16