1924 - 2018
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He is popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Artist) and Mutthamizh Arignar (Tamil Scholar) for his contributions to Tamil literature. He had the longest intermittent tenure as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with 6,863 days in office. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M. Karunanidhi has received more than 6,892,292 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). M. Karunanidhi is the 2,462nd most popular writer (up from 2,525th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from India (down from 264th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, M. Karunanidhi ranks 2,462 out of 5,755. Before him are Uri Orlev, John Barth, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Savitri Devi, Neil Simon, and Roberto Calasso. After him are Chittaranjan Das, Jim Thompson, Ryōkan, Renée Vivien, George of Pisidia, and Carl Zuckmayer.
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 2,456
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,457
1772 - 1822
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,458
1905 - 1982
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,459
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,460
1941 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,461
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,462
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,463
1906 - 1977
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,464
1758 - 1831
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,465
1877 - 1909
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,466
580 - 634
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,467
1896 - 1977
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,468
Among people born in 1924, M. Karunanidhi ranks 157. Before him are Ottmar Walter, Donatas Banionis, Mohammed Rafi, Margit Sandemo, David Cox, and Lubomír Štrougal. After him are Franco Basaglia, Johannes Mario Simmel, Max Roach, S. R. Nathan, Gevork Vartanian, and Haim Bar-Lev. Among people deceased in 2018, M. Karunanidhi ranks 137. Before him are Đỗ Mười, Per Kirkeby, Oleg Tabakov, Margit Sandemo, Alexander Zakharchenko, and Neil Simon. After him are Azeglio Vicini, Vitaliy Masol, Katherine MacGregor, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Kerr, and Lisbeth Palme.
1924 - 2013
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 151
1924 - 2014
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 152
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 153
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 154
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 155
1924 - 2023
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 156
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 157
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 158
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 159
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 160
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 161
1924 - 2012
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 162
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 163
1917 - 2018
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 131
1938 - 2018
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 132
1935 - 2018
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 133
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 134
1976 - 2018
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 135
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 136
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 137
1933 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 138
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 139
1925 - 2018
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 140
1942 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 141
1956 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 142
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 143
Among people born in India, M. Karunanidhi ranks 301 out of 1,493. Before him are Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Irrfan Khan (1967), Matsyendranatha (901), M. N. Roy (1887), Gupta (240), and Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921). After him are Chittaranjan Das (1869), Baba Amte (1914), Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), Nargis (1929), and Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886).
1932 - 2002
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 295
1967 - 2020
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 296
901 - 1000
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 297
1887 - 1954
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 298
240 - 280
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 299
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 300
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 301
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 302
1914 - 2008
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 303
1595 - 1644
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 304
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 305
1929 - 1981
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 306
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 307
Among writers born in India, M. Karunanidhi ranks 49. Before him are Idries Shah (1924), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Bhavabhuti (null), Jim Corbett (1875), and T. H. White (1906). After him are Chittaranjan Das (1869), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), and K. Shivaram Karanth (1902).
1924 - 1996
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 43
1638 - 1702
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 44
1723 - 1810
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 45
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 46
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 47
1906 - 1964
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 48
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 49
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 50
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 51
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 52
1900 - 1977
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 53
1908 - 1974
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 54
1902 - 1997
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 55