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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 founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Beylik or Emirate). While initially a small Turkoman principality during Osman's lifetime, his beylik transformed into a world empire in the centuries after his death. It existed until shortly after the end of World War I. Owing to the scarcity of historical sources dating from his lifetime, very little factual information about Osman has survived. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Osman I has received more than 7,644,266 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Osman I is the 31st most popular politician (up from 81st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Politician.

Osman I is most famous for founding the Ottoman Empire.

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  • 85.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 89

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Osman I ranks 31 out of 15,577. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Attila, Hurrem Sultan, Mao Zedong, Queen Victoria, and Commodus. After him are Abraham Lincoln, Qin Shi Huang, Louis XVI of France, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Justinian I, and Richard III of England.

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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, and Dmitry of Pereslavl. Among people deceased in 1327, Osman I ranks 1. After him are Edward II of England, Saint Roch, James II of Aragon, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, Elizabeth de Burgh, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, and Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Osman I ranks 6 out of 1,301. Before him are Herodotus (-484), Paul the Apostle (5), Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Thales of Miletus (-623), and Saint Nicholas (270). After him are Selim II (1524), Saint George (280), Ahmed I (1590), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Heraclitus (-535), and Murad III (1546).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Osman I ranks 2. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494). After him are Selim II (1524), Ahmed I (1590), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Murad III (1546), Selim I (1470), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Mustafa I (1591), Murad I (1326), and Bayezid I (1354).

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