1797 - 1893
George Tupou I (4 December 1797 – 18 February 1893), originally known as Tāufaʻāhau I, was the first king of modern Tonga. He adopted the name Siaosi (originally Jiaoji), the Tongan equivalent of George, after King George III of the United Kingdom, when he was baptized in 1831. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Tupou I has received more than 296,359 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). George Tupou I is the 4,444th most popular politician (up from 8,818th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Tonga and the 4th most popular Tongan Politician.
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Among politicians, George Tupou I ranks 4,444 out of 15,577. Before him are Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, Burt Munro, Milorad Dodik, John I, Duke of Brabant, Nikolay Bobrikov, and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Per Albin Hansson, Emperor Sutoku, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Emperor Shōmu, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and Mas'ud I of Ghazni.
1206 - 1253
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 4,438
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 4,439
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 4,440
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 4,441
1839 - 1904
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 4,442
1798 - 1849
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,443
1797 - 1893
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,444
1885 - 1946
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,445
1119 - 1164
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,446
1911 - 1982
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,447
701 - 756
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,448
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,449
998 - 1041
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4,450
Among people born in 1797, George Tupou I ranks 21. Before him are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Paul Delaroche, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Maria Isabel of Braganza, and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. After him are Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Manuela Sáenz, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Carlo Blasis, and Sojourner Truth. Among people deceased in 1893, George Tupou I ranks 15. Before him are Jan Matejko, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Josef Stefan, Jules Ferry, Ernst Kummer, and John Tyndall. After him are Baron Alexander von Bach, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Alfredo Catalani, Heinrich Göbel, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Leland Stanford.
1797 - 1854
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 15
1797 - 1856
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 16
1797 - 1870
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 17
1797 - 1861
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 18
1797 - 1818
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 19
1797 - 1829
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 20
1797 - 1893
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 21
1797 - 1855
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 22
1797 - 1856
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 23
1797 - 1881
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 24
1797 - 1858
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 25
1797 - 1878
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 26
1797 - 1883
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 27
1838 - 1893
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 9
1818 - 1893
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 10
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 11
1832 - 1893
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 12
1810 - 1893
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 13
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 14
1797 - 1893
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 15
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 16
1849 - 1893
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 17
1854 - 1893
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 18
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 19
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 20
1824 - 1893
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 21
Among people born in Tonga, George Tupou I ranks 5 out of 13. Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), Tupou VI (1959), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), Soane Patita Paini Mafi (1961), Paea Wolfgramm (1969), and Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (1985).
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 3
1900 - 1965
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 4
1797 - 1893
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 5
1874 - 1918
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 7
1951 - 2023
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 8
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.88
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.26
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Tonga, George Tupou I ranks 4. Before him are George Tupou V (1948), Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1918), and Sālote Tupou III (1900). After him are George Tupou II (1874), Feleti Sevele (1944), Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa (1951), ʻAkilisi Pōhiva (1941), and Siaosi Sovaleni (1970).
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 2
1900 - 1965
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 3
1797 - 1893
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4
1874 - 1918
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 6
1951 - 2023
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 7
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.98
Rank: 9