1754 - 1801
Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич, romanized: Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he was fathered by her lover Sergei Saltykov. Paul remained overshadowed by his mother for most of his life. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul I of Russia has received more than 5,506,949 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Paul I of Russia is the 221st most popular politician (up from 245th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 36th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Politician.
Paul I of Russia is most famous for being the first tsar of Russia to die in office.
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Among politicians, Paul I of Russia ranks 221 out of 15,577. Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, Harun al-Rashid, Ho Chi Minh, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Hosni Mubarak, and Napoleon II. After him are Harald V of Norway, Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, David Ben-Gurion, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Anwar Sadat, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
1793 - 1875
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 215
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 216
1890 - 1969
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 217
1452 - 1516
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 218
1928 - 2020
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 219
1811 - 1832
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 220
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 221
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 222
1615 - 1648
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 223
1886 - 1973
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 224
1890 - 1969
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 225
1918 - 1981
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 226
1954 - Present
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 227
Among people born in 1754, Paul I of Russia ranks 2. Before him is Louis XVI of France. After him are Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Seraphim of Sarov, Joseph Proust, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Madame Roland, Frederick I of Württemberg, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. Among people deceased in 1801, Paul I of Russia ranks 1. After him are Novalis, Domenico Cimarosa, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Carl Stamitz, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Andrea Luchesi, Murad Bey, and Benedict Arnold.
1754 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 1
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 2
1754 - 1838
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 3
1754 - 1806
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 4
1754 - 1833
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 5
1754 - 1826
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 6
1754 - 1793
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 7
1754 - 1793
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 8
1754 - 1816
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 9
1754 - 1832
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 10
1754 - 1842
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 11
1754 - 1785
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 12
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 1
1772 - 1801
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 2
1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 3
1756 - 1801
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 4
1783 - 1801
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 5
1777 - 1801
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 6
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 7
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 8
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 9
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 10
1750 - 1801
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 11
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Paul I of Russia ranks 33 out of 3,262. Before him are Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Yuri Andropov (1914), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Maxim Gorky (1868), and Lev Yashin (1929). After him are Georgy Zhukov (1896), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918), Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), and Alexander II of Russia (1818).
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 27
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 28
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 29
1873 - 1943
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 30
1868 - 1936
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 31
1929 - 1990
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 32
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 33
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 34
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 35
1918 - 2008
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 36
1919 - 2013
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 37
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 38
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 39
Among politicians born in Russia, Paul I of Russia ranks 14. Before him are Ivan the Terrible (1530), Kim Jong-il (1941), Alexander I of Russia (1777), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Alexander III of Russia (1845), and Yuri Andropov (1914). After him are Georgy Zhukov (1896), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Alexander II of Russia (1818), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), and Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627).
1530 - 1584
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 8
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 9
1777 - 1825
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 10
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 11
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 12
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 13
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 14
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 15
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 16
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 17
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 18
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 19
1627 - 1683
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 20