1720 - 1782
Hyder Ali (Haidarālī; c. 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hyder Ali has received more than 2,215,089 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Hyder Ali is the 6,729th most popular politician (up from 8,152nd in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from India (up from 244th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Hyder Ali ranks 6,729 out of 15,577. Before him are Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Rinchinbal Khan, Al-Mustanjid, Philip, Elector Palatine, Pavel Dybenko, and Valeriy Borzov. After him are Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria, Emanuel Ringelblum, Abdel Hakim Amer, Luis Corvalán, José Figueres Ferrer, and Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah.
1902 - 1999
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,723
1326 - 1332
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6,724
1124 - 1170
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,725
1448 - 1508
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,726
1889 - 1938
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,727
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,728
1720 - 1782
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,729
1005 - 1047
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,730
1900 - 1944
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,731
1919 - 1967
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,732
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,733
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 6,734
1930 - 2008
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 6,735
Among people born in 1720, Hyder Ali ranks 15. Before him are Emperor Sakuramachi, Vilna Gaon, Charles Bonnet, Heraclius II of Georgia, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Honoré III, Prince of Monaco. After him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Maximilian Hell, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Johann Schobert, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, and Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon. Among people deceased in 1782, Hyder Ali ranks 15. Before him are Taksin, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Sava Petrović, and Richard Wilson.
1720 - 1750
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 9
1720 - 1797
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 10
1720 - 1793
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 11
1720 - 1798
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 12
1720 - 1785
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 13
1720 - 1795
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 14
1720 - 1782
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 15
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 16
1720 - 1792
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 17
1720 - 1774
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 18
1720 - 1767
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 19
1720 - 1795
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 20
1720 - 1788
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 21
1734 - 1782
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 9
1698 - 1782
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 10
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 11
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 12
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 13
1752 - 1782
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 14
1720 - 1782
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 15
1722 - 1782
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 16
1764 - 1782
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 17
1735 - 1782
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 18
1697 - 1782
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 19
1702 - 1782
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 20
1714 - 1782
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 21
Among people born in India, Hyder Ali ranks 216 out of 1,493. Before him are Shah Alam II (1728), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Raja Ravi Varma (1848), and Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907). After him are Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Henry McMahon (1862), Surdas (1478), Anna Mani (1918), and Tilopa (928).
1728 - 1806
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 210
1865 - 1887
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 211
1725 - 1795
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 212
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 213
1848 - 1906
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 214
1907 - 2003
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 215
1720 - 1782
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 216
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 217
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 218
1862 - 1949
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 219
1478 - 1583
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 220
1918 - 2001
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 221
928 - 1009
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 222
Among politicians born in India, Hyder Ali ranks 68. Before him are Nana Sahib (1824), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Shah Alam II (1728), and Ahilyabai Holkar (1725). After him are Henry McMahon (1862), Rajaraja I (947), Khaleda Zia (1945), Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918), Charan Singh (1902), and Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910).
1824 - 1859
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 62
1905 - 1977
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 63
1450 - 1526
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 64
1913 - 1996
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 65
1728 - 1806
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 66
1725 - 1795
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 67
1720 - 1782
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 68
1862 - 1949
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 69
947 - 1014
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 70
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 71
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 72
1902 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 73
1910 - 2009
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 74