1612 - 1640
Murad IV (Ottoman Turkish: مراد رابع, Murād-ı Rābiʿ; Turkish: IV. Murad, 27 July 1612 – 8 February 1640) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603–17) and Kösem Sultan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murad IV has received more than 2,315,051 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Murad IV is the 98th most popular politician (down from 89th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 12th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Politician.
Murad IV was the Ottoman Sultan from 1623 to 1640. He is most famous for his wars against Persia and Austria.
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Among politicians, Murad IV ranks 98 out of 15,710. Before him are Ahmed I, Boris Yeltsin, Philip II of Spain, Philip II of Macedon, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Leonid Brezhnev. After him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Ivar the Boneless, Cleopatra, Herod the Great, Muammar Gaddafi, and Hirohito.
1590 - 1617
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 92
1931 - 2007
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 93
1527 - 1598
HPI: 85.63
Rank: 94
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 95
1807 - 1882
HPI: 85.56
Rank: 96
1906 - 1982
HPI: 85.53
Rank: 97
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 98
1859 - 1941
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 99
900 - 873
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 100
69 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 101
73 BC - 3 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 102
1942 - 2011
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 103
1901 - 1989
HPI: 85.39
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1612, Murad IV ranks 1. After him are Dorgon, Wu Sangui, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Louis Le Vau, Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Mignard, Peter Stuyvesant, Samuel Butler, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Margherita de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1640, Murad IV ranks 2. Before him is Peter Paul Rubens. After him are Uriel da Costa, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Francesca Caccini, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Wilhelm Kettler, Giuseppe Cesari, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Alessandro Salvio, and Paul Fleming.
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 1
1612 - 1650
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 2
1612 - 1678
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 3
1612 - 1642
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 4
1612 - 1670
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 5
1612 - 1694
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 6
1612 - 1695
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 7
1612 - 1672
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 8
1612 - 1680
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 9
1612 - 1651
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 10
1612 - 1646
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 11
1612 - 1679
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 12
1577 - 1640
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 1
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 2
1585 - 1640
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 3
1595 - 1640
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 4
1587 - 1640
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 5
1609 - 1640
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 6
1567 - 1640
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 7
1574 - 1640
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 8
1568 - 1640
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 9
1595 - 1640
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 10
1570 - 1640
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 11
1609 - 1640
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Murad IV ranks 15 out of 1,128. Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Osman I (1254), Selim I (1470), Diogenes (-404), Ahmed I (1590), and Saint Nicholas (270). After him are Galen (129), Murad III (1546), Mimar Sinan (1490), Mehmed III (1566), Hesiod (-800), and Strabo (-64).
1432 - 1481
HPI: 86.30
Rank: 9
1254 - 1327
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 10
1470 - 1520
HPI: 86.18
Rank: 11
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 86.10
Rank: 12
1590 - 1617
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 13
270 - 342
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 14
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 15
129 - 215
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 16
1546 - 1595
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 17
1490 - 1588
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 18
1566 - 1603
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 19
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 84.17
Rank: 20
64 BC - 23
HPI: 84.11
Rank: 21
Among politicians born in Turkey, Murad IV ranks 7. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Osman I (1254), Selim I (1470), and Ahmed I (1590). After him are Murad III (1546), Mehmed III (1566), Bayezid I (1354), Bayezid II (1447), Abdul Hamid II (1842), and Murad I (1326).
1494 - 1566
HPI: 90.22
Rank: 1
1524 - 1574
HPI: 86.45
Rank: 2
1432 - 1481
HPI: 86.30
Rank: 3
1254 - 1327
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 4
1470 - 1520
HPI: 86.18
Rank: 5
1590 - 1617
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 6
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 7
1546 - 1595
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 8
1566 - 1603
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 9
1354 - 1403
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 10
1447 - 1512
HPI: 83.99
Rank: 11
1842 - 1918
HPI: 83.90
Rank: 12
1326 - 1389
HPI: 83.81
Rank: 13