1914 - 2010
Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010) was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jyoti Basu has received more than 1,748,255 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jyoti Basu is the 13,100th most popular politician (down from 12,611th in 2019), the 505th most popular biography from India (down from 501st in 2019) and the 156th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Jyoti Basu ranks 13,100 out of 15,577. Before him are Ezana of Axum, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Harry Cohn, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Federico Laredo Brú, and Marvin Hart. After him are Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Jubal Early, Christian Lundeberg, Pedro Santana Lopes, Ermesinde of Luxembourg, Countess of Namur, and Vinicio Cerezo.
325 - 360
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,094
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,095
1891 - 1958
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,096
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,097
1875 - 1946
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,098
1876 - 1931
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,099
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,100
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 13,101
1816 - 1894
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 13,102
1842 - 1911
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 13,103
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 13,104
1080 - 1143
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 13,105
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 13,106
Among people born in 1914, Jyoti Basu ranks 237. Before him are Vincent J. McMahon, Wilhelm Hahnemann, William Gibson, Giuseppe Caprio, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., and Sarla Thakral. After him are Hermínio de Brito, Johannes Virolainen, Ehrenfried Patzel, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Adolf Urban, and David Wayne. Among people deceased in 2010, Jyoti Basu ranks 235. Before him are Herb Ellis, Enrique Morente, Dezső Bundzsák, Raymond Impanis, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal. After him are Abbey Lincoln, Harold Gould, Anneliese Rothenberger, Jamie Gillis, Takeshi Shudo, and Vitaly Sevastyanov.
1914 - 1984
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 231
1914 - 1991
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 232
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 233
1914 - 2005
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 234
1914 - 1997
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 235
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 236
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 237
1914 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 238
1914 - 2000
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 239
1914 - 2004
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 240
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 241
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 242
1914 - 1995
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 243
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 229
1942 - 2010
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 230
1928 - 2010
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 231
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 232
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 233
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 234
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 235
1930 - 2010
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 236
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 237
1926 - 2010
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 238
1943 - 2010
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 239
1949 - 2010
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 240
1935 - 2010
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 241
Among people born in India, Jyoti Basu ranks 505 out of 1,493. Before him are John Frost (1912), Kamala Surayya (1934), Christian Zacharias (1950), Charles Gmelin (1872), Madhuri Dixit (1967), and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923). After him are Meira Kumar (1945), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Amrit Kaur (1889), P. T. Usha (1964), Fauja Singh (1911), and Har Dayal (1884).
1912 - 1993
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 499
1934 - 2009
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 500
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 501
1872 - 1950
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 502
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 503
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 504
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 505
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 506
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 507
1889 - 1964
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 508
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 509
1911 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 510
1884 - 1939
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 511
Among politicians born in India, Jyoti Basu ranks 156. Before him are Phoolan Devi (1963), Fatima Jinnah (1893), Islam Shah Suri (1510), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923). After him are Meira Kumar (1945), Amrit Kaur (1889), Mayawati (1956), Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), Mamata Banerjee (1955), and Alivardi Khan (1671).
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 150
1893 - 1967
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 151
1510 - 1554
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 152
1952 - 2019
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 153
1903 - 1970
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 154
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 155
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 156
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 157
1889 - 1964
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 158
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 159
1901 - 1953
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 160
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 161
1671 - 1756
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 162