1292 - 1383
John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Latin: Johannes Cantacuzenus; c. 1292 – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354. Deposed by his former ward, he was forced to retire to a monastery under the name Joasaph Christodoulos (Greek: Ἰωάσαφ Χριστόδουλος) and spent the remainder of his life as a monk and historian. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John VI Kantakouzenos has received more than 334,607 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. John VI Kantakouzenos is the 1,466th most popular politician (down from 1,228th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 184th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Turkish Politician.
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Among politicians, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 1,466 out of 15,577. Before her are Jehu, Ladislaus I of Hungary, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Viktor Orbán, Meñli I Giray, and Baldwin I, Latin Emperor. After her are Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Manuel Noriega, Alcide De Gasperi, Isaac I Komnenos, Charles II of Navarre, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria.
900 BC - 814 BC
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,460
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,461
1338 - 1391
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,462
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,463
1445 - 1515
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 1,464
1172 - 1205
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 1,465
1292 - 1383
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 1,466
1575 - 1641
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 1,467
1934 - 2017
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 1,468
1881 - 1954
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 1,469
1007 - 1060
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 1,470
1332 - 1387
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 1,471
1746 - 1804
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 1,472
Among people born in 1292, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 1. After her are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Elizabeth of Bohemia, Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, and Elisenda of Montcada. Among people deceased in 1383, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 1. After her are Ferdinand I of Portugal, Matthew Kantakouzenos, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, Radu I of Wallachia, Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Dmitry of Suzdal.
1292 - 1383
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 1
1292 - 1350
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 2
1292 - 1330
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 3
1292 - 1330
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 4
1292 - 1353
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 5
1292 - 1364
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 6
1292 - 1383
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 1
1345 - 1383
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 2
1325 - 1383
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 3
1334 - 1383
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 4
1337 - 1383
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 5
1320 - 1383
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 6
1313 - 1383
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 7
1343 - 1383
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 8
1330 - 1383
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 9
1337 - 1383
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 10
1322 - 1383
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 11
Among people born in Turkey, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 205 out of 1,301. Before her are Turgut Özal (1927), Bias of Priene (-600), Pulcheria (399), Gregory Palamas (1296), Pope John VI (655), and Ismihan Sultan (1544). After her are Michael I Cerularius (1005), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Isaac I Komnenos (1007), Sultan Cem (1459), Theodore I Laskaris (1174), and Alexios III Angelos (1153).
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 199
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 200
399 - 453
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 201
1296 - 1359
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 202
655 - 705
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 203
1544 - 1585
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 204
1292 - 1383
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 205
1005 - 1059
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 206
279 - 311
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 207
1007 - 1060
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 208
1459 - 1495
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 209
1174 - 1221
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 210
1153 - 1211
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 211
Among politicians born in Turkey, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 109. Before her are Phorcys (null), Andronikos I Komnenos (1118), Adnan Menderes (1899), Süleyman Demirel (1924), Anthemius (420), and Turgut Özal (1927). After her are Isaac I Komnenos (1007), Sultan Cem (1459), Theodore I Laskaris (1174), Alexios III Angelos (1153), Leo IV the Khazar (750), and Leo I the Thracian (401).
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 103
1118 - 1185
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 104
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 105
1924 - 2015
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 106
420 - 472
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 107
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 108
1292 - 1383
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 109
1007 - 1060
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 110
1459 - 1495
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 111
1174 - 1221
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 112
1153 - 1211
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 113
750 - 780
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 114
401 - 474
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 115