1861 - 1917
Ranavalona III (Malagasy pronunciation: [ranaˈvalːə̥]; 22 November 1861 – 23 May 1917) was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from 30 July 1883 to 28 February 1897 in a reign marked by ultimately futile efforts to resist the colonial designs of the government of France. As a young woman, she was selected from among several Andriana qualified to succeed Queen Ranavalona II upon her death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ranavalona III has received more than 462,293 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ranavalona III is the 3,235th most popular politician (up from 4,497th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Madagascar (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Malagasy Politician.
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Among politicians, Ranavalona III ranks 3,235 out of 15,577. Before her are L'Inconnue de la Seine, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Wilfred the Hairy, and Intef II. After her are Otto Bauer, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Arnold Rüütel, Eduard Limonov, John, Duke of Berry, and Sancho III of Castile.
1865 - 1885
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 3,229
70 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 3,230
1765 - 1831
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 3,231
1519 - 1536
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 3,232
840 - 897
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 3,233
2150 BC - 2073 BC
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 3,234
1861 - 1917
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 3,235
1881 - 1938
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 3,236
1586 - 1632
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 3,237
1928 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 3,238
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 3,239
1340 - 1416
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 3,240
1134 - 1158
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 3,241
Among people born in 1861, Ranavalona III ranks 25. Before her are H. H. Holmes, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Maximilian von Spee, Antoine Bourdelle, Italo Svevo, and José Rizal. After her are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Anton Arensky, William Bateson, Henry Gantt, Armando Diaz, and István Tisza. Among people deceased in 1917, Ranavalona III ranks 19. Before her are Emil Theodor Kocher, John William Waterhouse, Franz Brentano, Scott Joplin, Dragutin Dimitrijević, and Ludwig Minkus. After her are Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Dadabhai Naoroji, Liliʻuokalani, Jean Gaston Darboux, Radomir Putnik, and Léon Bloy.
1861 - 1896
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 19
1861 - 1944
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 20
1861 - 1914
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 21
1861 - 1929
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 22
1861 - 1928
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 23
1861 - 1896
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 24
1861 - 1917
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 25
1861 - 1936
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 26
1861 - 1906
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 27
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 28
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 29
1861 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 30
1861 - 1918
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 31
1841 - 1917
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 13
1849 - 1917
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 14
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 15
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 16
1876 - 1917
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 17
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 18
1861 - 1917
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 19
1853 - 1917
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 20
1825 - 1917
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 21
1838 - 1917
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 22
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 23
1847 - 1917
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 24
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 25
Among people born in Madagascar, Ranavalona III ranks 2 out of 32. Before her are Claude Simon (1913). After her are Ranavalona I (1788), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Ranavalona II (1829), Radama II (1829), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Rasoherina (1814), and Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906).
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 1
1861 - 1917
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 2
1788 - 1861
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 4
1793 - 1828
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 5
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 6
1829 - 1883
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 7
1829 - 1863
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 8
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 10
1814 - 1868
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 11
1906 - 1978
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Madagascar, Ranavalona III ranks 1. After her are Ranavalona I (1788), Andrianampoinimerina (1745), Radama I (1793), Didier Ratsiraka (1936), Ranavalona II (1829), Radama II (1829), Philibert Tsiranana (1912), Marc Ravalomanana (1949), Rasoherina (1814), Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906), and Albert Zafy (1927).
1861 - 1917
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 1
1788 - 1861
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 2
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 3
1793 - 1828
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 4
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5
1829 - 1883
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 6
1829 - 1863
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 7
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 9
1814 - 1868
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 10
1906 - 1978
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 11
1927 - 2017
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12