1596 - 1645
Michael I (Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, romanized: Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov; 22 July [O.S. 12 July] 1596 – 23 July [O.S. 13 July] 1645) was Tsar of all Russia from 1613 until his death in 1645. He was elected by the Zemsky Sobor and was the first tsar of the House of Romanov, which succeeded the House of Rurik. He was the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov (later known as Patriarch Filaret) and of Xenia Shestova. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael of Russia has received more than 1,172,845 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Michael of Russia is the 627th most popular politician (up from 634th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 80th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Politician.
Michael of Russia is most famous for being the first tsar of Russia. He succeeded his father, Ivan IV, in 1547 and ruled until his death in 1584.
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Among politicians, Michael of Russia ranks 627 out of 15,577. Before him are Sennacherib, Sargon II, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Grigory Potemkin, Licinius, and Hideki Tojo. After him are James Monroe, Ngo Dinh Diem, Sweyn Forkbeard, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 621
750 BC - 705 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 622
942 - 972
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 623
1739 - 1791
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 624
263 - 325
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 625
1884 - 1948
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 626
1596 - 1645
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 627
1758 - 1831
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 628
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 629
960 - 1014
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 630
700 BC - 579 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 631
1892 - 1946
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 632
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 633
Among people born in 1596, Michael of Russia ranks 2. Before him is René Descartes. After him are Frederick V of the Palatinate, Pietro da Cortona, Jan van Goyen, Pieter Claesz, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Nicola Amati, Peter Mogila, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Baldassare Longhena, and Joan Blaeu. Among people deceased in 1645, Michael of Russia ranks 3. Before him are Miyamoto Musashi and Hugo Grotius. After him are Francisco de Quevedo, Li Zicheng, William Laud, Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Anthony van Diemen, Feng Menglong, and Eudoxia Streshneva.
1596 - 1650
HPI: 90.95
Rank: 1
1596 - 1645
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 2
1596 - 1632
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 3
1596 - 1669
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 4
1596 - 1656
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 5
1596 - 1660
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 6
1596 - 1662
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 7
1596 - 1684
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 8
1596 - 1647
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 9
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 10
1596 - 1682
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 11
1596 - 1673
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 12
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 1
1583 - 1645
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 2
1596 - 1645
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 3
1584 - 1645
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 4
1606 - 1645
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 6
1577 - 1645
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 7
1587 - 1645
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 8
1565 - 1645
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 9
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 10
1574 - 1645
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 11
1608 - 1645
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Michael of Russia ranks 83 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexander Scriabin (1871), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Anna Pavlova (1881), Roman Jakobson (1896), and Grigory Potemkin (1739). After him are Wilhelm Wien (1864), Alexander Borodin (1833), Alexis of Russia (1629), Mikhail Kalinin (1875), Ivan Konev (1897), and Andrei Rublev (1360).
1871 - 1915
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 77
1440 - 1505
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 78
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 79
1881 - 1931
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 80
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 81
1739 - 1791
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 82
1596 - 1645
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 83
1864 - 1928
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 84
1833 - 1887
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 85
1629 - 1676
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 86
1875 - 1946
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 87
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 88
1360 - 1428
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 89
Among politicians born in Russia, Michael of Russia ranks 33. Before him are Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Georgy Malenkov (1902), Frederick I of Prussia (1657), Yaroslav the Wise (978), Ivan III of Russia (1440), and Grigory Potemkin (1739). After him are Alexis of Russia (1629), Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Alexander Kerensky (1881), Nikolai Yezhov (1895), and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797).
1965 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 27
1902 - 1988
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 28
1657 - 1713
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 29
978 - 1054
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 30
1440 - 1505
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 31
1739 - 1791
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 32
1596 - 1645
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 33
1629 - 1676
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 34
1552 - 1612
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 35
1661 - 1682
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 36
1881 - 1970
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 37
1895 - 1940
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 38
1797 - 1871
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 39