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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

1980 - Today

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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 21 February 1980) is the King of Bhutan. His reign began in 2006 after his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has received more than 3,893,266 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the 10,931st most popular politician (down from 8,935th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Nepal (down from 17th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Nepalese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck ranks 10,931 out of 19,576. Before him are Conrad I, Count of Württemberg, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Proculus, Orontes III, Jiong of Xia, and Radasłaŭ Astroŭski. After him are Zeng Gong, Marcianus, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark, B. D. Jatti, and Margherita Aldobrandini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck ranks 30. Before him are Marat Safin, Martina Hingis, Yao Ming, Ri Sol-ju, Charlie Hunnam, and David Garrett. After him are Martín Demichelis, Akshata Murty, John Terry, Annalena Baerbock, Jordana Brewster, and Luís Fabiano.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck ranks 23 out of 59. Before him are Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Suman Pokhrel (1967), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), and Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909). After him are Araniko (1244), Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Bhimsen Thapa (1775), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Ashtavakra (null), and Sushil Koirala (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck ranks 12. Before him are Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), and Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906). After him are Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Bhimsen Thapa (1775), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Ashtavakra (null), Sushil Koirala (1939), and Dipendra of Nepal (1971).

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