1642 - 1693
Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع, romanized: Meḥmed-i rābi; Turkish: IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), also known as Mehmed the Hunter (Turkish: Avcı Mehmed), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup. Mehmed went on to become the second-longest-reigning sultan in Ottoman history after Suleiman the Magnificent. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mehmed IV has received more than 2,007,785 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Mehmed IV is the 130th most popular politician (up from 169th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 29th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Turkish Politician.
Mehmed IV is most famous for being the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He was also the last Sultan to rule from Istanbul.
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Among politicians, Mehmed IV ranks 130 out of 15,577. Before him are Claudius, Mark Antony, Narendra Modi, Bayezid II, Kim Jong-il, and Francis I of France. After him are Murad II, George W. Bush, Deng Xiaoping, Harry S. Truman, Henry V of England, and Abdul Hamid II.
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 124
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 125
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 126
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 127
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 128
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 129
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 130
1404 - 1451
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 131
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 132
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 133
1884 - 1972
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 134
1386 - 1422
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 135
1842 - 1918
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 136
Among people born in 1642, Mehmed IV ranks 1. After him are Suleiman II, Gülnuş Sultan, Andrea Pozzo, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Johann Christoph Bach, Shitao, André Charles Boulle, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. Among people deceased in 1693, Mehmed IV ranks 1. After him are Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Madame de La Fayette, Ihara Saikaku, Willem Kalf, Nicolaes Maes, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Elisabeth Hevelius, Maria van Oosterwijck, and John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 1
1642 - 1691
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 2
1642 - 1715
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 3
1642 - 1709
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 4
1642 - 1723
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 5
1642 - 1703
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 6
1642 - 1707
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 7
1642 - 1732
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 8
1642 - 1701
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 9
1642 - 1693
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 10
1642 - 1708
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 11
1642 - 1722
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 12
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 1
1656 - 1693
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2
1627 - 1693
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 3
1634 - 1693
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 4
1642 - 1693
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 5
1619 - 1693
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 6
1634 - 1693
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 7
1666 - 1693
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 8
1641 - 1693
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9
1647 - 1693
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 10
1630 - 1693
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 11
1627 - 1693
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Mehmed IV ranks 24 out of 1,301. Before him are Mehmed III (1566), Strabo (-64), Mustafa I (1591), Murad I (1326), Bayezid I (1354), and Hesiod (-800). After him are Murad II (1404), Mihrimah Sultan (1522), Abdul Hamid II (1842), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Osman II (1604), and Basil of Caesarea (329).
1566 - 1603
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 18
64 BC - 23
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 19
1591 - 1639
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 20
1326 - 1389
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 21
1354 - 1403
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 22
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 23
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 24
1404 - 1451
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 25
1522 - 1578
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 26
1842 - 1918
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 27
1515 - 1553
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 28
1604 - 1622
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 29
329 - 379
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 30
Among politicians born in Turkey, Mehmed IV ranks 13. Before him are Selim I (1470), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Mustafa I (1591), Murad I (1326), and Bayezid I (1354). After him are Murad II (1404), Abdul Hamid II (1842), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Osman II (1604), Mehmed I (1386), and Suleiman II (1642).
1470 - 1520
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 7
1612 - 1640
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 8
1566 - 1603
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 9
1591 - 1639
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 10
1326 - 1389
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 11
1354 - 1403
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 12
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 13
1404 - 1451
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 14
1842 - 1918
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 15
1515 - 1553
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 16
1604 - 1622
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 17
1386 - 1421
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 18
1642 - 1691
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 19