1734 - 1783
Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in-Chief.He patronised M. V. Lomonosov, D. I. Fonvisin, V. I. Bazhenov and gave them financial support. Honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (since 1765). He collected paintings (including Rembrandt, P. P. Rubens, Titian), sculpture, Chinese, Japanese and Russian porcelain, hunting weapons, etc. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grigory Orlov has received more than 1,060,338 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Grigory Orlov is the 2,373rd most popular politician (up from 3,036th in 2019).
Grigory Orlov is most famous for being one of the four Russian generals who helped Catherine the Great overthrow her husband, Peter III.
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Among politicians, Grigory Orlov ranks 2,373 out of 15,577. Before him are Marie José of Belgium, Siptah, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Empress Genmei, Unas, and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina. After him are Lyudmila Putina, Sancho III of Pamplona, Alboin, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Emperor Gaozong of Song, and Eric I of Denmark.
1906 - 2001
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 2,367
1290 BC - 1191 BC
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 2,368
1767 - 1790
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 2,369
660 - 721
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 2,370
2400 BC - 2350 BC
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 2,371
1788 - 1855
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 2,372
1734 - 1783
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 2,373
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 2,374
990 - 1035
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 2,375
530 - 572
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 2,376
1805 - 1877
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 2,377
1107 - 1187
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 2,378
1055 - 1103
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 2,379
Among people born in 1734, Grigory Orlov ranks 3. Before him are Franz Mesmer and Maria I of Portugal. After him are Cardinal de Rohan, Taksin, François-Joseph Gossec, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Shahrokh Shah. Among people deceased in 1783, Grigory Orlov ranks 3. Before him are Leonhard Euler and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. After him are Johann Adolph Hasse, Étienne Bézout, Antonio Soler, Yosa Buson, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Benedict Joseph Labre, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.
1734 - 1815
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 1
1734 - 1816
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 2
1734 - 1783
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 3
1734 - 1803
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 4
1734 - 1782
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 5
1734 - 1829
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 6
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 7
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 8
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 9
1734 - 1802
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 10
1734 - 1797
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 11
1734 - 1796
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 12
1707 - 1783
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 1
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 2
1734 - 1783
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 3
1699 - 1783
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 4
1730 - 1783
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 5
1729 - 1783
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 6
1716 - 1783
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 7
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 8
1736 - 1783
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 9
1748 - 1783
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 10
1718 - 1783
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 11
1723 - 1783
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 12