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Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal

603 - 683

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Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I (Mayan pronunciation: [kʼihniʧ χanaːɓ pakal]), also known as Pacal or Pacal the Great (March 24, 603 – August 29, 683), was ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque in the Late Classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology. He acceded to the throne in July 615 and ruled until his death. Pakal reigned 68 years—the fifth-longest verified regnal period of any sovereign monarch in history, the longest in world history for more than a millennium, and still the longest of any residing monarch in the history of the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal has received more than 428,254 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal is the 4,021st most popular politician (down from 3,837th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 36th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Mexican Politician.

Kʼinich Janaab Pakal was a Maya king who ruled from 615 to 683 CE. He is most famous for his funerary monument, the Temple of Inscriptions, which is one of the most important Maya sites.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakals by language

Over the past year Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal has had the most page views in the with 100,936 views, followed by Spanish (74,615), and Portuguese (10,164). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (329.46%), Portuguese (64.41%), and Japanese (46.34%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal ranks 4,021 out of 19,576. Before him are Balash, Kim Kyong-hui, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Ayşe Sultan, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, and Zhelyu Zhelev. After him are Aleksander Čeferin, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Fujiko Fujio, Manuel Belgrano, Abdel Hakim Amer, and Ladislaus II of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 603, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal ranks 5. Before him are Muawiyah I, Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Queen Seondeok of Silla, and Yeon Gaesomun. After him is Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali. Among people deceased in 683, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal ranks 6. Before him are Yazid I, Umm Salama, Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Pope Leo II, and Uqba ibn Nafi. After him is Juansher.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal ranks 37 out of 729. Before him are Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Luis Barragán (1902), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Venustiano Carranza (1859), and Julia Pastrana (1834). After him are Mario J. Molina (1943), Pedro Armendáriz (1912), María Félix (1914), Juan Diego (1474), Linda Christian (1923), and Victoriano Huerta (1850).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal ranks 16. Before him are Francisco I. Madero (1873), Vicente Fox (1942), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Álvaro Obregón (1880), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), and Venustiano Carranza (1859). After him are Victoriano Huerta (1850), Cuitláhuac (1476), Vicente Guerrero (1782), Ahuitzotl (1486), Guadalupe Victoria (1786), and José María Morelos (1765).

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