1926 - 2016
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz ( KASS-troh, Latin American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fidel Castro has received more than 25,637,454 page views. His biography is available in 147 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 145 in 2019). Fidel Castro is the 55th most popular politician (down from 46th in 2019), the most popular biography from Cuba and the most popular Cuban Politician.
Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2006. He is most famous for being the leader of Cuba and for being a communist.
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Among politicians, Fidel Castro ranks 55 out of 15,577. Before him are Angela Merkel, Saddam Hussein, Boris Yeltsin, Nebuchadnezzar II, Nikita Khrushchev, and Marcus Aurelius. After him are Ahmed I, Martin Van Buren, Josip Broz Tito, Benjamin Franklin, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Nicholas II of Russia.
1954 - Present
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 49
1937 - 2006
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 50
1931 - 2007
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 51
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 52
1894 - 1971
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 53
121 - 180
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 54
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 55
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 56
1782 - 1862
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 57
1892 - 1980
HPI: 83.57
Rank: 58
1706 - 1790
HPI: 83.56
Rank: 59
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 60
1868 - 1918
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 61
Among people born in 1926, Fidel Castro ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe. After him are Michel Foucault, Ingvar Kamprad, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Jiang Zemin, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, Miles Davis, Sathya Sai Baba, and Dario Fo. Among people deceased in 2016, Fidel Castro ranks 2. Before him is Muhammad Ali. After him are Umberto Eco, Johan Cruyff, Bud Spencer, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Alan Rickman, Debbie Reynolds, Shimon Peres, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and Imre Kertész.
1926 - 2022
HPI: 90.46
Rank: 1
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 2
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 3
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 4
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 5
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 6
1926 - 2022
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 7
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 8
1926 - 2010
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 9
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 10
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 11
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 12
1942 - 2016
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 1
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 2
1932 - 2016
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 3
1947 - 2016
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
1929 - 2016
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 5
1947 - 2016
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 6
1934 - 2016
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 7
1946 - 2016
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 8
1932 - 2016
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 2016
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 10
1927 - 2016
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 11
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 12
Among people born in Cuba, Fidel Castro ranks 1 out of 248. After him are Raúl Castro (1931), Fulgencio Batista (1901), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Italo Calvino (1923), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Andy García (1956), Alberto Korda (1928), Compay Segundo (1907), and Gloria Estefan (1957).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 2
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 3
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 4
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 5
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 6
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 7
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 9
1928 - 2001
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 10
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Cuba, Fidel Castro ranks 1. After him are Raúl Castro (1931), Fulgencio Batista (1901), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Emilio Mola (1887), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Sergio Oliva (1941), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Aleida March (1936), Vilma Espín (1930), and Gerardo Machado (1871).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 2
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 3
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 4
1887 - 1937
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 5
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 7
1941 - 2012
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 9
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 10
1930 - 2007
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 11
1871 - 1939
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 12