1962 - Today
Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Russian: Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов, [kʲɪrˈsan nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪt͡ɕ ɪlʲʉmˈʐinəf]; Kalmyk: Үлмҗин Кирсән, Ülmcin Kirsən, [yləmˈd͡ʒin cirˈsæn]; born 5 April 1962) is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician. He was President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the chess international governing body, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has received more than 355,245 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is the 11,886th most popular politician (down from 10,808th in 2019), the 1,330th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,148th in 2019) and the 345th most popular Russian Politician.
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Among politicians, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 11,886 out of 15,577. Before him are Tom Hayden, Ranulf I of Aquitaine, Gabi Ashkenazi, Doğu Perinçek, Sergey Mironov, and George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Arsames I, Max von Hausen, Elizabeth Fry, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Edward Fortunatus, and Kirta.
1939 - 2016
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 11,880
820 - 866
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 11,881
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 11,882
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 11,883
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 11,884
1688 - 1735
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,885
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,886
250 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,887
1846 - 1922
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,888
1780 - 1845
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,889
300 BC - 177 BC
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,890
1565 - 1600
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,891
1550 BC - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,892
Among people born in 1962, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 146. Before him are Karel Roden, Alexey Miller, Grant Show, Michael Weikath, Eriq La Salle, and Mano Menezes. After him are Jutta Kleinschmidt, David Lagercrantz, John Slattery, Markus Merk, Nigmatilla Yuldashev, and Hironobu Sakaguchi.
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 140
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 141
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 142
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 143
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 144
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 145
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 146
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 147
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 148
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 149
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 150
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 151
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 152
Among people born in Russia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 1,330 out of 3,262. Before him are Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797), Helena Roerich (1879), Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Gavriil Popov (1904), Andrey Korotayev (1961), and Sergey Mironov (1953). After him are Vitaly Solomin (1941), Konstantin Fedin (1892), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936), Aulis Sallinen (1935), Albert Shesternyov (1941), and Andrejs Pumpurs (1841).
1797 - 1846
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 1,324
1879 - 1955
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 1,325
1928 - 2022
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 1,326
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 1,327
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 1,328
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 1,329
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 1,330
1941 - 2002
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 1,331
1892 - 1977
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 1,332
1936 - 2013
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 1,333
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 1,334
1941 - 1994
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 1,335
1841 - 1902
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 1,336
Among politicians born in Russia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ranks 345. Before him are Andrey Lukanov (1938), Alexander Protopopov (1866), Alexander Lebedev (1959), Igor Strelkov (1970), Fyodor Dan (1871), and Sergey Mironov (1953). After him are Rustam Minnikhanov (1957), Lev Perovski (1792), Jacob Bruce (1669), Irina Khakamada (1955), Solomon Lozovsky (1876), and Izmail Sreznevsky (1812).
1938 - 1996
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 339
1866 - 1918
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 340
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 341
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 342
1871 - 1947
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 343
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 344
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 345
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 346
1792 - 1856
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 347
1669 - 1735
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 348
1955 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 349
1876 - 1952
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 350
1812 - 1880
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 351