1815 - 1867
Otto (Greek: Όθων, romanized: Óthon, German: Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Bayern; 1 June 1815 – 26 July 1867) was a Bavarian prince who ruled as King of Greece from the establishment of the monarchy on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed on 23 October 1862. The second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto ascended the newly created throne of Greece at age 17. His government was initially run by a three-man regency council made up of Bavarian court officials. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto of Greece has received more than 1,047,428 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Otto of Greece is the 1,667th most popular politician (up from 1,785th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Austria (up from 126th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Austrian Politician.
Otto of Greece is most famous for being the first king of modern Greece. He was also a prince of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, which was a branch of the House of Oldenburg. Otto was born in 1845 to King George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. He ascended to the throne in 1863 after his father was deposed. Otto was overthrown in a coup in 1923.
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Among politicians, Otto of Greece ranks 1,667 out of 15,710. Before him are Hu Yaobang, Emperor Jing of Han, Agesilaus II, Anchises, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Toghon Temür. After him are Dzhokhar Dudayev, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Egon Krenz, Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator, Carlos I of Portugal, and Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.
1915 - 1989
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 1,661
188 BC - 141 BC
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 1,662
444 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 1,663
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 1,664
1954 - Present
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 1,665
1320 - 1370
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 1,666
1815 - 1867
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 1,667
1944 - 1996
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 1,668
1794 - 1876
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 1,669
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 1,670
152 BC - 144 BC
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 1,671
1863 - 1908
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 1,672
576 - 674
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 1,673
Among people born in 1815, Otto of Greece ranks 6. Before him are Otto von Bismarck, John Bosco, Ada Lovelace, George Boole, and Karl Weierstrass. After him are Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Thomas Couture, Ildefons Cerdà, Louis-Jules Trochu, and Julia Margaret Cameron. Among people deceased in 1867, Otto of Greece ranks 8. Before him are Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Maximilian I of Mexico, Théodore Rousseau, Emperor Kōmei, and Franz Bopp. After him are Jean-Victor Poncelet, Maria Theresa of Austria, Sakamoto Ryōma, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Victor Cousin, and William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse.
1815 - 1898
HPI: 89.69
Rank: 1
1815 - 1888
HPI: 79.85
Rank: 2
1815 - 1852
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 3
1815 - 1864
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 4
1815 - 1897
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 5
1815 - 1867
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 6
1815 - 1905
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 7
1815 - 1887
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 8
1815 - 1879
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 9
1815 - 1876
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 10
1815 - 1896
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 11
1815 - 1879
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 12
1821 - 1867
HPI: 85.52
Rank: 2
1780 - 1867
HPI: 84.10
Rank: 3
1832 - 1867
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 4
1812 - 1867
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 5
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 6
1791 - 1867
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 7
1815 - 1867
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 8
1788 - 1867
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 9
1816 - 1867
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 10
1836 - 1867
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 11
1845 - 1867
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 12
1792 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 13
1800 - 1867
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 14
Among people born in Austria, Otto of Greece ranks 120 out of 1,075. Before him are Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Ernst Happel (1925), Amon Göth (1908), Maria Josepha of Austria (1699), Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), and Anna Maria Mozart (1720). After him are Georg Trakl (1887), Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), Ernst Gombrich (1909), Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339), and Otto Weininger (1880).
1874 - 1929
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 114
1925 - 1992
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 115
1908 - 1946
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 116
1699 - 1757
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 117
1633 - 1654
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 118
1720 - 1778
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 119
1815 - 1867
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 120
1887 - 1914
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 121
1886 - 1921
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 122
1909 - 2001
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 123
1883 - 1963
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 124
1339 - 1365
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 125
1880 - 1903
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 126
Among politicians born in Austria, Otto of Greece ranks 37. Before him are Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738), Maria Josepha of Austria (1699), Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), and Anna Maria Mozart (1720). After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339), Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743), Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679), and Frederick the Fair (1289).
1906 - 1989
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 31
1855 - 1857
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 32
1738 - 1789
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 33
1699 - 1757
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 34
1633 - 1654
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 35
1720 - 1778
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 36
1815 - 1867
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 37
1883 - 1963
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 38
1339 - 1365
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 39
1746 - 1804
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 40
1743 - 1808
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 41
1679 - 1729
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 42
1289 - 1330
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 43