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Oruç Reis

1473 - 1518

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Aruj Barbarossa (c. 1474 – 1518), known as Oruç Reis (Arabic: عروج بربروس) to the Turks, was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oruç Reis has received more than 616,977 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Oruç Reis is the 1,638th most popular politician (down from 1,011th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 94th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Greek Politician.

Oruç reis is most famous for being a Muslim who led the Ottoman Empire to many victories.

Memorability Metrics

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oruç Reis ranks 1,638 out of 19,576. Before him are Zoë Porphyrogenita, Roh Tae-woo, Constans, Li Keqiang, Rodion Malinovsky, and Henry, King of Portugal. After him are Critias, Aung San, Empress Lü, Ferdinand Marcos, Robert, Count of Clermont, and Charles II of Naples.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1473, Oruç Reis ranks 2. Before him is Nicolaus Copernicus. After him are James IV of Scotland, Thomas Wolsey, Georg von Frundsberg, John Corvinus, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Cecilia Gallerani, Hans Burgkmair, and Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales. Among people deceased in 1518, Oruç Reis ranks 2. Before him is Kabir. After him are Vannozza dei Cattanei, Pierre de la Rue, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, and Loyset Compère.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Oruç Reis ranks 123 out of 1,024. Before him are Lysias (-445), Phryne (-371), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Cratylus (-500), Theo Angelopoulos (1935), and Parmenion (-400). After him are Critias (-460), Mardonius (-600), Callicrates (-470), Prodicus (-460), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), and Chilon of Sparta (-600).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Oruç Reis ranks 43. Before him are Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), John V Palaiologos (1332), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), Necho II (-625), Polycrates (-600), and John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192). After him are Critias (-460), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Hippias (-600), and Antonia Minor (-36).

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