Krakus, Krak or Grakch was a legendary Polish prince, ruler of the Vistulans (a Lechitic tribe), and the presumed founder of Kraków. Krakus is also credited with building Wawel Castle and slaying the Wawel Dragon by feeding it a dead sheep full of sulfur. The latter is how Krak the cobbler became Krakus the prince, and later king. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krakus has received more than 149,202 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Krakus is the 8,139th most popular politician (up from 8,631st in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from Poland (up from 527th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Polish Politician.
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Among politicians, Krakus ranks 8,139 out of 15,577. Before him are Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, John II, Duke of Brittany, Karl Gützlaff, James Connolly, Kamehameha III, and Coenus of Macedon. After him are Beatrice of Swabia, Herod of Chalcis, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Giuseppe Pella, Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, and Eystein II of Norway.
1309 - 1350
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8,133
1239 - 1305
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8,134
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8,135
1868 - 1916
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8,136
1814 - 1854
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8,137
900 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8,138
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8,139
1198 - 1212
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,140
1 BC - 48
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,141
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,142
1902 - 1981
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,143
1874 - 1948
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,144
1125 - 1157
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 8,145
Among people born in Poland, Krakus ranks 484 out of 1,454. Before him are Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266), Gerda Steinhoff (1922), Hugo Haase (1863), Franz Waxman (1906), Sholem Asch (1880), and Karl Gützlaff (1803). After him are Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Marek Grechuta (1945), Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836), Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (1765), John Cantius (1390), and Kazys Grinius (1866).
1266 - 1339
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 478
1922 - 1946
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 479
1863 - 1919
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 480
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 481
1880 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 482
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 483
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 484
1905 - 1964
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 485
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 486
1836 - 1902
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 487
1765 - 1785
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 488
1390 - 1473
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 489
1866 - 1950
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 490
Among politicians born in Poland, Krakus ranks 127. Before him are Vyacheslav Kebich (1936), Werner Lorenz (1891), Józef Haller (1873), Gerda Steinhoff (1922), Hugo Haase (1863), and Karl Gützlaff (1803). After him are Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (1765), Kazys Grinius (1866), Władysław Czartoryski (1828), Yehuda Ashlag (1886), Ewa Kopacz (1956), and Elisabeth Hevelius (1647).
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 121
1891 - 1974
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 122
1873 - 1960
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 123
1922 - 1946
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 124
1863 - 1919
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 125
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 126
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 127
1765 - 1785
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 128
1866 - 1950
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 129
1828 - 1894
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 130
1886 - 1954
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 131
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 132
1647 - 1693
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 133