1699 - 1757
Osman III (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث Osmān-i sālis; 2 January 1699 – 30 October 1757) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Osman III has received more than 667,758 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Osman III is the 454th most popular politician (up from 539th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 85th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Turkish Politician.
Osman III is most famous for being the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757. He was the son of Ahmed III and succeeded his brother Mustafa II. Osman III, like his predecessors, was a reformer. He undertook a number of reforms to strengthen the Ottoman military.
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Among politicians, Osman III ranks 454 out of 15,577. Before him are Otho, Merneptah, Babur, Alfred Rosenberg, Ögedei Khan, and Mary of Burgundy. After him are Radovan Karadžić, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, Augustus II the Strong, Georges Pompidou, Lothair I, and Arcadius.
32 - 69
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 448
1300 BC - 1203 BC
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 449
1483 - 1530
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 450
1893 - 1946
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 451
1185 - 1241
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 452
1457 - 1482
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 453
1699 - 1757
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 454
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 455
1608 - 1657
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 456
1670 - 1733
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 457
1911 - 1974
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 458
795 - 855
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 459
377 - 408
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 460
Among people born in 1699, Osman III ranks 1. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Christian VI of Denmark, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Johann Adolph Hasse, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Anna Leszczyńska, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Mastani, Alamgir II, and Bernard de Jussieu. Among people deceased in 1757, Osman III ranks 2. Before him is Domenico Scarlatti. After him are René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Johann Stamitz, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Rosalba Carriera, Robert-François Damiens, Siraj ud-Daulah, 7th Dalai Lama, and David Hartley.
1699 - 1757
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 1
1699 - 1779
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 2
1699 - 1746
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 3
1699 - 1757
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1699 - 1782
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 5
1699 - 1783
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 6
1699 - 1777
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 7
1699 - 1717
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 8
1699 - 1753
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 9
1699 - 1740
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 10
1699 - 1759
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 11
1699 - 1777
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 12
1685 - 1757
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 1
1699 - 1757
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 2
1683 - 1757
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 3
1699 - 1757
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1687 - 1757
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 5
1717 - 1757
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 6
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 7
1673 - 1757
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 8
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 9
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 10
1708 - 1757
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 11
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Osman III ranks 72 out of 1,301. Before him are Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Aspasia (-470), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Hipparchus (-190), Rachel (-3500), and Herostratus (-301). After him are Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Lucian (120), Anacreon (-570), and Alexios I Komnenos (1048).
132 BC - 63 BC
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 66
470 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 67
585 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 68
190 BC - 120 BC
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 69
3500 BC - 1553 BC
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 70
301 BC - 356 BC
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 71
1699 - 1757
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 72
1263 - 1328
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 73
1717 - 1773
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 74
1840 - 1904
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 75
120 - 200
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 76
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 77
1048 - 1118
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 78
Among politicians born in Turkey, Osman III ranks 43. Before him are Mustafa II (1664), Priam (null), Abdulmejid I (1823), Selim III (1761), Mahmud I (1696), and Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132). After him are Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Abdulmejid II (1868), and Theodosius II (401).
1664 - 1703
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 37
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 38
1823 - 1861
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 39
1761 - 1808
HPI: 74.72
Rank: 40
1696 - 1754
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 41
132 BC - 63 BC
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 42
1699 - 1757
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 43
1717 - 1773
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 44
1840 - 1904
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 45
1048 - 1118
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 46
1531 - 1553
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 47
1868 - 1944
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 48
401 - 450
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 49