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Fa Ngum

1316 - 1393

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Somdetch Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara (Lao: ສົມເດັດ ພຣະບາດ ອັນຍາ ຟ້າ ລັດທຸຣັນຍາ ສຣີ ສັດຕະນາ ຄະນະຍຸດທາ ມະຫາຣາຊ໌ ພຣະບາດ ຣາຊະທໍຣະນາ ສຣີ ສັດຕະນະ ນະຄອນ), better known as Fa Ngum (Laotian: ຟ້າງູ່ມ [fȁːŋum]; 1316 – 1393, born in Muang Sua, died in Nan), established the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang in 1353. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fa Ngum has received more than 129,296 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fa Ngum is the 7,144th most popular politician (up from 7,999th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Laos (up from 10th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Laotian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fa Ngum ranks 7,144 out of 15,577Before her are Infante Alfonso of Spain, Elisabetta Gonzaga, Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, and Henry II, Duke of Guise. After her are Hōjō Sōun, René Viviani, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, Tahurwaili, Agila I, and Count Theodosius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1316, Fa Ngum ranks 8Before her are John I of France, Robert II of Scotland, Magnus IV of Sweden, Choe Yeong, Simeon of Moscow, and Blanche of Valois. After her are Albert of Saxony, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, and John Barbour. Among people deceased in 1393, Fa Ngum ranks 5Before her are John of Nepomuk, Elizabeth of Pomerania, John I, Count of La Marche, and Leo V, King of Armenia. After her are Emperor Go-En'yū, Frederick, Duke of Bavaria, and Bagrat V of Georgia.

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In Laos

Among people born in Laos, Fa Ngum ranks 7 out of 21Before her are Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Thongloun Sisoulith (1946), Souphanouvong (1909), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Sisavang Vong (1885), and Sisavang Vatthana (1907). After her are Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Souvanna Phouma (1901), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Vang Pao (1929), Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), and Boun Oum (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In Laos

Among politicians born in Laos, Fa Ngum ranks 7Before her are Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Thongloun Sisoulith (1946), Souphanouvong (1909), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Sisavang Vong (1885), and Sisavang Vatthana (1907). After her are Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Souvanna Phouma (1901), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), Boun Oum (1912), and Anouvong (1767).