1861 - 1962
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Moːkśguṇam Viśveśvarayya) (15 September 1861 – 12/14 April 1962), also referred to by his initials, MV, was an Indian civil engineer, administrator, and statesman, who served as the 19th Dewan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.Visvesvaraya is regarded in India as one of the foremost civil engineers whose birthday, 15 September, is celebrated every year as Engineer's Day in India, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. He is also often regarded as "the maker of modern Mysore". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M. Visvesvaraya has received more than 4,322,734 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). M. Visvesvaraya is the 5,208th most popular politician (up from 9,201st in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from India (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, M. Visvesvaraya ranks 5,208 out of 15,577. Before him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria, Arthur Drewry, Minoru Genda, Wolfram Sievers, Zhu Yousong, and Archduke Wilhelm of Austria. After him are Ragnvald Knaphövde, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Tardu, António Ramalho Eanes, Ghiyas ud din Balban, and Huo Guang.
1319 - 1375
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 5,202
1891 - 1961
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 5,203
1904 - 1989
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 5,204
1905 - 1948
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 5,205
1607 - 1646
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 5,206
1895 - 1948
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 5,207
1861 - 1962
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 5,208
1100 - 1126
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 5,209
1442 - 1500
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 5,210
550 - 603
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 5,211
1935 - Present
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 5,212
1200 - 1287
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 5,213
150 BC - 68 BC
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 5,214
Among people born in 1861, M. Visvesvaraya ranks 39. Before him are Solomon R. Guggenheim, Pierre Duhem, Nikolay Zelinsky, Luigi Facta, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, and William C. Durant. After him are John William Godward, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Michel Verne, Walter Simons, Motilal Nehru, and Santiago Rusiñol. Among people deceased in 1962, M. Visvesvaraya ranks 46. Before him are André Lhote, Ivan Meštrović, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Dušan Simović, Aleksei Antonov, and Gianna Beretta Molla. After him are Princess Helen of Serbia, Natalia Sedova, Thomas Mitchell, Leonardo De Lorenzo, Lei Feng, and Frank Borzage.
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 33
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 34
1861 - 1953
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 35
1861 - 1930
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 36
1861 - 1942
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 37
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 38
1861 - 1962
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 39
1861 - 1922
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 40
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 41
1861 - 1925
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 42
1861 - 1937
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 43
1861 - 1931
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 44
1861 - 1931
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 45
1885 - 1962
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 40
1883 - 1962
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 41
1902 - 1962
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 42
1882 - 1962
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 43
1896 - 1962
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 44
1922 - 1962
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 45
1861 - 1962
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 46
1884 - 1962
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 47
1882 - 1962
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 48
1892 - 1962
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 49
1875 - 1962
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 50
1940 - 1962
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 51
1894 - 1962
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 52
Among people born in India, M. Visvesvaraya ranks 162 out of 1,493. Before him are Dhyan Chand (1905), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Jayadeva (1170), Sambhaji (1657), Subramania Bharati (1882), and Bahadur Shah I (1643). After him are Anna Leonowens (1831), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Krishnadevaraya (1471), Birsa Munda (1875), Vikramaditya (-102), and Siraj ud-Daulah (1733).
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 156
1671 - 1748
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 157
1170 - 1245
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 158
1657 - 1689
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 159
1882 - 1921
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 160
1643 - 1712
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 161
1861 - 1962
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 162
1831 - 1915
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 163
1835 - 1918
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 164
1471 - 1529
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 165
1875 - 1900
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 166
102 BC - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 167
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 168
Among politicians born in India, M. Visvesvaraya ranks 50. Before him are V. V. Giri (1894), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Sambhaji (1657), and Bahadur Shah I (1643). After him are Krishnadevaraya (1471), Birsa Munda (1875), Vikramaditya (-102), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Morarji Desai (1896), and Pushyamitra Shunga (-300).
1894 - 1980
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 44
1865 - 1928
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 45
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 46
1671 - 1748
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 47
1657 - 1689
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 48
1643 - 1712
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 49
1861 - 1962
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 50
1471 - 1529
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 51
1875 - 1900
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 52
102 BC - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 53
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 54
1896 - 1995
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 55
300 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 56