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Ranavalona I

1788 - 1861

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Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Ranavalona I is the 2,726th most popular politician (up from 3,947th in 2024), the 2nd most popular biography from Madagascar (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Malagasy Politician.

Ranavalona I was the Queen of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. She is most famous for her policies which were designed to make the country more traditional and conservative. These policies included banning Christianity, outlawing the wearing of clothes with European styles, and forbidding the teaching of reading and writing.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Ranavalona I ranks 2,725 out of 19,576. Before her are Alfonso III of Asturias, Xanthippus, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Crown Prince Sado, Crazy Horse, and Julia Minor. After her are Taichang Emperor, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Gaykhatu, Li Hongzhang, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, and Mario Beccaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Ranavalona I ranks 8. Before her are Lord Byron, Sarah Baartman, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, and Jean-Victor Poncelet. After her are Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Étienne Cabet, Antoine César Becquerel, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff. Among people deceased in 1861, Ranavalona I ranks 13. Before her are Xianfeng Emperor, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Lola Montez. After her are Eugène Scribe, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Elisha Otis, Henri Murger, and Lars Levi Laestadius.

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In Madagascar

Among people born in Madagascar, Ranavalona I ranks 2 out of NaN. Before her are Claude Simon (1913). After her are Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Ranavalona III (1861), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Ranavalona II (1829), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Radama II (1829), Rasoherina (1814), and Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906).

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Among Politicians In Madagascar

Among politicians born in Madagascar, Ranavalona I ranks 1. After her are Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Ranavalona III (1861), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Ranavalona II (1829), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Radama II (1829), Rasoherina (1814), Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906), and Albert Zafy (1927).

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