1879 - 1973
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered by his followers as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian movement'. He rebelled against Brahmin dominance and gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy has received more than 2,916,584 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Periyar E. V. Ramasamy is the 6,050th most popular politician (up from 9,439th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from India (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 6,050 out of 15,577. Before him are Shantanu, Şehzade Korkut, Jean-Antoine Marbot, Tudḫaliya I, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, and Princess Eugénie of Sweden. After him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Virginia de' Medici, Aratus of Sicyon, Nikare, Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Irina Rodnina.
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 6,044
1467 - 1513
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6,045
1754 - 1800
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6,046
1500 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6,047
1947 - 2012
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6,048
1830 - 1889
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6,049
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6,050
1453 - 1468
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 6,051
1568 - 1615
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 6,052
271 BC - 213 BC
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 6,053
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 6,054
1332 - 1381
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 6,055
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 6,056
Among people born in 1879, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 56. Before him are Edward Steichen, Bedřich Hrozný, Hisaichi Terauchi, Adolf Strauss, Alfred Korzybski, and Nikolai Medtner. After him are William Fox, Ethel Barrymore, Agrippina Vaganova, Marius Jacob, Henri Wallon, and Samuel Goldwyn. Among people deceased in 1973, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 73. Before him are Jacques Lipchitz, Károly Kerényi, Milunka Savić, Alexander Orlov, Robert Ryan, and Roger Williamson. After him are Frank Jack Fletcher, Robert Smithson, Hans Globke, Merian C. Cooper, Bruno Maderna, and Clas Thunberg.
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 50
1879 - 1952
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 51
1879 - 1946
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 52
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 53
1879 - 1950
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 54
1879 - 1951
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 55
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 56
1879 - 1952
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 57
1879 - 1959
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 58
1879 - 1951
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 59
1879 - 1954
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 60
1879 - 1962
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 61
1879 - 1974
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 62
1891 - 1973
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 67
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 68
1890 - 1973
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 69
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 70
1909 - 1973
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 71
1948 - 1973
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 72
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 73
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 74
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 75
1898 - 1973
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 76
1893 - 1973
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 77
1920 - 1973
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 78
1893 - 1973
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 79
Among people born in India, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 191 out of 1,493. Before him are Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Girish Karnad (1938), Motilal Nehru (1861), Narayana Guru (1855), Dignāga (480), and Shantanu (null). After him are Nana Sahib (1824), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Ajay Devgn (1969), Eknath (1533), Śāntarakṣita (725), and Kalpana Chawla (1961).
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 185
1938 - 2019
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 186
1861 - 1931
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 187
1855 - 1928
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 188
480 - 540
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 189
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 190
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 191
1824 - 1859
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 192
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 193
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 194
1533 - 1599
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 195
725 - 788
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 196
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 197
Among politicians born in India, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 61. Before him are Morarji Desai (1896), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Tarabai (1675), Abdul Karim (1863), Motilal Nehru (1861), and Shantanu (null). After him are Nana Sahib (1824), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Shah Alam II (1728), and Ahilyabai Holkar (1725).
1896 - 1995
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 55
300 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 56
1675 - 1761
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 57
1863 - 1909
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 58
1861 - 1931
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 59
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 60
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 61
1824 - 1859
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 62
1905 - 1977
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 63
1450 - 1526
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 64
1913 - 1996
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 65
1728 - 1806
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 66
1725 - 1795
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 67