New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

POLITICIAN

Oruç Reis

1473 - 1518

Photo of Oruç Reis

Icon of person Oruç Reis

Oruç Reis (Ottoman Turkish: عروج رئيس; Spanish: Aruj; c. 1474 – 1518) 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 595,074 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Oruç Reis is the 1,013th most popular politician (up from 1,753rd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Greece (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Greek Politician.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Oruç Reis by language


Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oruç Reis ranks 1,013 out of 15,577Before him are Haakon VII of Norway, Berke, Tokhtamysh, Jiaqing Emperor, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, and Mary, Queen of Hungary. After him are Gratian, Cleopatra Selene II, Li Si, Nikephoros II Phokas, Ivan V of Russia, and Nabonidus.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

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

Others Born in 1473

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1518

Go to all Rankings

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Oruç Reis ranks 94 out of 936Before him are Simonides of Ceos (-556), Pheidippides (-600), Lysimachus (-361), Philip III of Macedon (-359), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), and George II of Greece (1890). After him are Cimon (-510), Nestor (null), Irene Papas (1929), Creon (null), Melissus of Samos (-470), and Nâzım Hikmet (1902).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Oruç Reis ranks 32Before him are Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Aristides (-550), Lysimachus (-361), Philip III of Macedon (-359), and George II of Greece (1890). After him are Nestor (null), Creon (null), Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), and Necho II (-625).