Rama (; Sanskrit: राम, romanized: Rāma; Sanskrit: [ˈraːmɐ] ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Being.Rama was born to Kaushalya and Dasharatha in Ayodhya, the capital of the Kingdom of Kosala. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rama has received more than 10,506,864 page views. His biography is available in 102 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Rama is the 79th most popular politician (up from 1,081st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from India (up from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Politician.
Rama is most famous for being the seventh avatar of Vishnu, and is the hero of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
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Among politicians, Rama ranks 79 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick the Great, Darius the Great, Murad III, Ivan the Terrible, Richard I of England, and Napoleon III. After him are Joe Biden, Ashoka, Hirohito, Selim I, Trajan, and Nicolae Ceaușescu.
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 73
550 BC - 486 BC
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 74
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 75
1530 - 1584
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 76
1157 - 1199
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 77
1808 - 1873
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 78
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 79
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 80
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 81
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 82
1470 - 1520
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 83
53 - 117
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 84
1918 - 1989
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 85
Among people born in India, Rama ranks 2 out of 1,493. Before him are Mahatma Gandhi (1869). After him are Ashoka (-304), George Orwell (1903), Rajneesh (1931), Narendra Modi (1950), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), Vivien Leigh (1913), and Ramakrishna (1836).
1869 - 1948
HPI: 88.49
Rank: 1
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 2
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 3
1903 - 1950
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 4
1931 - 1990
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 6
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 8
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 9
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 10
1913 - 1967
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 11
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in India, Rama ranks 1. After him are Ashoka (-304), Narendra Modi (1950), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Indira Gandhi (1917), Shivaji (1627), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Aurangzeb (1618), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888).
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 1
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 2
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 3
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 4
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 5
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 6
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 7
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 8
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 9
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 10
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 11
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 12