1546 - 1595
Murad III (Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثالث, romanized: Murād-i sālis; Turkish: III. Murad; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavids. The long-independent Morocco was for a time made a vassal of the empire but regained independence in 1582. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murad III has received more than 2,547,564 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Murad III is the 74th most popular politician (up from 111th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 17th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Politician.
Murad III was the Ottoman Sultan from 1574 to 1595. He is most famous for his war with Safavid Persia and his death.
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Among politicians, Murad III ranks 74 out of 15,577. Before him are Hillary Clinton, Huang Xianfan, Muammar Gaddafi, Ronald Reagan, Frederick the Great, and Darius the Great. After him are Ivan the Terrible, Richard I of England, Napoleon III, Joe Biden, Ashoka, and Hirohito.
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 68
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 69
1942 - 2011
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 70
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 71
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 72
550 BC - 486 BC
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 73
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 74
1530 - 1584
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 75
1157 - 1199
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 76
1808 - 1873
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 77
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 78
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 79
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 80
Among people born in 1546, Murad III ranks 1. After him are Tycho Brahe, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Heo Jun, Veronica Franco, Bartholomeus Spranger, Takeda Katsuyori, Charlotte of Bourbon, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Thomas Digges, and Johann Fischart. Among people deceased in 1595, Murad III ranks 1. After him are Torquato Tasso, Philip Neri, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Mohammad Khodabanda, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, António, Prior of Crato, John Hawkins, Thoinot Arbeau, Jeremias II of Constantinople, and Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers.
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 1
1546 - 1601
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 2
1546 - 1608
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 3
1546 - 1615
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 5
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 6
1546 - 1582
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 7
1546 - 1582
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
1546 - 1617
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 9
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 10
1546 - 1590
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 11
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 1
1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 2
1515 - 1595
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 3
1529 - 1595
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 4
1531 - 1595
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 5
1553 - 1595
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 6
1542 - 1595
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 7
1531 - 1595
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 8
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 9
1520 - 1595
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 10
1536 - 1595
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 11
1539 - 1595
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Murad III ranks 12 out of 1,301. Before him are Osman I (1254), Selim II (1524), Saint George (280), Ahmed I (1590), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), and Heraclitus (-535). After him are Selim I (1470), Galen (129), Murad IV (1612), Anaximander (-610), Diogenes (-404), and Mehmed III (1566).
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 6
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 7
280 - 303
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 8
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 9
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 10
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 11
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 12
1470 - 1520
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 13
129 - 215
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 14
1612 - 1640
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 15
610 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 16
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 17
1566 - 1603
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in Turkey, Murad III ranks 6. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Osman I (1254), Selim II (1524), Ahmed I (1590), and Mehmed the Conqueror (1432). After him are Selim I (1470), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Mustafa I (1591), Murad I (1326), and Bayezid I (1354).
1494 - 1566
HPI: 88.38
Rank: 1
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 2
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 3
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 4
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 5
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 6
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