1938 - 2016
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was an Uzbek politician who led Uzbekistan and its predecessor state, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, from 1989 until his death in 2016. He was the last First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 1991, when the party was reconstituted as the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O‘zXDP); he led the O‘zXDP until 1996. He was the President of the Uzbek SSR from 24 March 1990 until he declared the independence of Uzbekistan on 1 September 1991.He declared Uzbekistan as an independent nation on August 31, 1991. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Islam Karimov has received more than 2,040,309 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Islam Karimov is the 848th most popular politician (up from 933rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Uzbekistani Politician.
Islam Karimov is most famous for being the president of Uzbekistan. He is also known for being a former Soviet politician and the first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan.
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Among politicians, Islam Karimov ranks 848 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick VI of Denmark, Manuel II Palaiologos, Ruth, Modu Chanyu, Gustav III of Sweden, and Wilm Hosenfeld. After him are Jozef Tiso, Aurangzeb, Kara Mustafa Pasha, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Farah Pahlavi, and Ahmad Shah Massoud.
1768 - 1839
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 842
1350 - 1425
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 843
1200 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 844
234 BC - 174 BC
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 845
1746 - 1792
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 846
1895 - 1952
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 847
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 848
1887 - 1947
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 849
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 850
1634 - 1683
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 851
1940 - 2020
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 852
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 853
1953 - 2001
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 854
Among people born in 1938, Islam Karimov ranks 12. Before him are Adriano Celentano, Jon Voight, Rudolf Nureyev, Queen Sofía of Spain, Leonid Kuchma, and Nico. After him are Farah Pahlavi, Joe Dassin, Paul Verhoeven, Christopher Lloyd, Alberto Fujimori, and Anthony Giddens. Among people deceased in 2016, Islam Karimov ranks 17. Before him are Bhumibol Adulyadej, Imre Kertész, Zaha Hadid, Dario Fo, Cesare Maldini, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali. After him are Andrzej Wajda, George Michael, Abbas Kiarostami, Carlos Alberto Torres, Jerome Bruner, and João Havelange.
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 6
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 7
1938 - 1993
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 8
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 10
1938 - 1988
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 11
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 12
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 13
1938 - 1980
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 14
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 15
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 16
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 17
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 18
1927 - 2016
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 11
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 12
1950 - 2016
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 13
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 15
1922 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 17
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 18
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 19
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 21
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 23
Among people born in Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov ranks 8 out of 145. Before him are Timur (1336), Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), Al-Biruni (973), Muhammad al-Bukhari (810), Babur (1483), and Al-Tirmidhi (824). After him are Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Shah Rukh (1377), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), Habibullah Khan (1872), and Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849).
1336 - 1405
HPI: 87.75
Rank: 2
780 - 850
HPI: 85.05
Rank: 3
973 - 1048
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 4
810 - 870
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 5
1483 - 1530
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 6
824 - 892
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 7
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 8
893 - 944
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 9
1377 - 1447
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 10
1327 - 1390
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 12
1872 - 1919
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 13
849 - 907
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 14
Among politicians born in Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov ranks 2. Before him are Babur (1483). After him are Shah Rukh (1377), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), Habibullah Khan (1872), Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849), Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Yaqub Beg (1820), Abdullah Khan II (1533), Abdal-Latif Mirza (1420), Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499), and Goharshad Begum (1400).
1483 - 1530
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 2
1377 - 1447
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 4
1872 - 1919
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 5
849 - 907
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 6
1880 - 1944
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 7
1820 - 1877
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 8
1533 - 1598
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 9
1420 - 1450
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 10
1499 - 1551
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 11
1400 - 1457
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 12