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Osman I

1254 - 1327

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Osman I or Osman Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى, romanized: ʿOsmān Ġāzī; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Gazi; died 1323/4) was the eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as a beylik or emirate). While initially a small Turkoman principality during Osman's lifetime, his beylik transformed into a vast empire in the centuries after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Osman I has received more than 8,127,097 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Osman I is the 33rd most popular politician (down from 31st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Politician.

Osman I is most famous for founding the Ottoman Empire.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 93

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Osman I ranks 33 out of 19,576. Before him are Mao Zedong, Cicero, Huang Xianfan, Constantine the Great, Winston Churchill, and Attila. After him are Umar, Maria Theresa, Richard III of England, Abraham Lincoln, Qin Shi Huang, and Hillary Clinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1254, Osman I ranks 2. Before him is Marco Polo. After him are Charles II of Naples, Marie of Brabant, Queen of France, Zhao Mengfu, Floris V, Count of Holland, Dmitry of Pereslavl, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant. Among people deceased in 1327, Osman I ranks 1. After him are Saint Roch, Edward II of England, James II of Aragon, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Elizabeth de Burgh, Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Teresa d'Entença.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Osman I ranks 7 out of 1,347. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Paul the Apostle (5), Herodotus (-484), Heraclitus (-535), Thales of Miletus (-623), and Saint Nicholas (270). After him are Saint George (280), Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Ahmed I (1590), Galen (129), and Selim I (1470).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Osman I ranks 2. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494). After him are Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Ahmed I (1590), Selim I (1470), Murad III (1546), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Murad I (1326), Murad II (1404), and Abdul Hamid II (1842).

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