1930 - 2019
Hussain Muhammad Ershad (Bengali: হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ, IPA: [huˈsei̯n muˈɦɐmːod̪ erʃad̪]; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, heading a military dictatorship.He seized power as head of the army during a bloodless coup against President Abdus Sattar on 24 March 1982 (by imposing martial law and suspending the Constitution). He declared himself President in 1983, and subsequently won the controversial 1986 Bangladeshi presidential election. Despite claims to have legitimately won the 1986 election, many consider his regime as an era of military dictatorship. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hussain Muhammad Ershad has received more than 844,838 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Hussain Muhammad Ershad is the 9,363rd most popular politician (down from 9,062nd in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from India (down from 282nd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Hussain Muhammad Ershad ranks 9,363 out of 15,577. Before him are Durvasa, Tassilo I of Bavaria, Iset, David Kimhi, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, and Mustafa Akıncı. After him are Tommy Lapid, Leon Panetta, Gaius Antonius, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Commius, and Eriba-Adad I.
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 9,357
560 - 609
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 9,358
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 9,359
1160 - 1235
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 9,360
1483 - 1532
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 9,361
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 9,362
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 9,363
1931 - 2008
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 9,364
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,365
81 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,366
1929 - 1990
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,367
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,368
1400 BC - 1366 BC
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 9,369
Among people born in 1930, Hussain Muhammad Ershad ranks 200. Before him are José Águas, FM-2030, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gregory Corso, Veljo Tormis, and Lazar Berman. After him are Jacques Tits, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frederick Wiseman, Juan Gelman, Ross Perot, and María Elena Walsh. Among people deceased in 2019, Hussain Muhammad Ershad ranks 153. Before him are Ric Ocasek, Luigi Colani, Edith González, Carmen Argenziano, Andrés Gimeno, and George Hilton. After him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ken Kercheval, René Auberjonois, Ross Perot, Eva Mozes Kor, and Charles Jencks.
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 194
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 195
1930 - 1984
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 196
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 197
1930 - 2017
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 198
1930 - 2005
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 199
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 200
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 201
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 202
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 203
1930 - 2014
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 204
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 205
1930 - 2011
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 206
1949 - 2019
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 147
1928 - 2019
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 148
1964 - 2019
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 149
1943 - 2019
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 150
1937 - 2019
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 151
1934 - 2019
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 152
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 153
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 154
1935 - 2019
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 155
1940 - 2019
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 156
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 157
1934 - 2019
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 158
1939 - 2019
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 159
Among people born in India, Hussain Muhammad Ershad ranks 322 out of 1,493. Before him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Jahanara Begum (1614), Rakesh Sharma (1949), Pran (1920), Rash Behari Bose (1886), and K. Shivaram Karanth (1902). After him are Debendranath Tagore (1817), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Chandra Shekhar (1927), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Rana Sanga (1482), and U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932).
1921 - 1990
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 316
1614 - 1681
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 317
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 318
1920 - 2013
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 319
1886 - 1945
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 320
1902 - 1997
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 321
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 322
1817 - 1905
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 323
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 324
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 325
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 326
1482 - 1528
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 327
1932 - 2014
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 328
Among politicians born in India, Hussain Muhammad Ershad ranks 103. Before him are Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), and Jahanara Begum (1614). After him are Chandra Shekhar (1927), Rana Sanga (1482), Rani Padmini (null), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Alamgir II (1699), and Lahiri Mahasaya (1828).
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 97
1595 - 1644
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 98
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 99
1887 - 1961
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 100
1914 - 2012
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 101
1614 - 1681
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 102
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 103
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 104
1482 - 1528
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 105
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 106
1000 - 1044
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 107
1699 - 1759
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 108
1828 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 109