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Hisamuddin of Selangor

1898 - 1960

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Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah (Jawi: سلطان حسام الدين عالم شاه الحاج ابن المرحوم سلطان علاء الدين سليمان شاه; 13 May 1898 – 1 September 1960) was Sultan of Selangor from 1938 to 1942, later from 1945, and the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya from 14 April, until his death on 1 September 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hisamuddin of Selangor has received more than 228,984 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hisamuddin of Selangor is the 11,625th most popular politician (up from 13,906th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Malaysia (up from 34th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hisamuddin of Selangor ranks 11,625 out of 19,576. Before him are Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Rosalia Zemlyachka, Nikenike Vurobaravu, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Joseph Lebeau. After him are Florencio Campomanes, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Artavasdes I of Armenia, Rashid Karami, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, and Charles Rivière-Hérard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hisamuddin of Selangor ranks 139. Before him are Erich Bey, Dámaso Alonso, Anthony McAuliffe, Luís Carlos Prestes, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, and Mikhail Koshkin. After him are Mikhail Koltsov, Josep Sunyol, Karl Koller, Lev Knipper, Emmanuel Bove, and Alfons Gorbach. Among people deceased in 1960, Hisamuddin of Selangor ranks 108. Before him are Knud Enemark Jensen, Catherine Desnitski, Joseph Vendryes, Harry Schell, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, and Maud Menten. After him are Semyon Lavochkin, Pavel Peter Gojdič, Móric Esterházy, Massimo Bontempelli, Zora Neale Hurston, and Marcello Piacentini.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Hisamuddin of Selangor ranks 23 out of 90. Before him are Yusof Ishak (1910), Jimmy Choo (1948), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), James Wan (1977), Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796), and Azlan Shah of Perak (1928). After him are K3 (null), Tsai Ming-liang (1957), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Salahuddin of Selangor (1926), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), and Putra of Perlis (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Hisamuddin of Selangor ranks 17. Before him are Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Yusof Ishak (1910), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), and Azlan Shah of Perak (1928). After him are Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Salahuddin of Selangor (1926), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), Putra of Perlis (1920), Ling Liong Sik (1943), and Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922).

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