Politician

Ranil Wickremesinghe

1949 - today

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Ranil Wickremesinghe

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Ranil Wickremesinghe is the 1,067th most popular politician (up from 5,827th in 2024), the most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Ranil Wickremesinghe ranks 1,067 out of 19,576. Before him are Gyula Andrássy, Cato the Younger, Frederick VI of Denmark, Henry Clay, Jozef Tiso, and Qutb al-Din Aibak. After him are Alberto Fujimori, Basil I, Ḫattušili III, Anne of Brittany, Attalus I, and Zachary Taylor.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Gyula Andrássy
1823 - 1890
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 1,061
Cato the Younger
95 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 1,062
Frederick VI of Denmark
1768 - 1839
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 1,063
Henry Clay
1777 - 1852
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 1,064
Jozef Tiso
1887 - 1947
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 1,065
Qutb al-Din Aibak
1150 - 1210
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 1,066
Ranil Wickremesinghe
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 1,067
Alberto Fujimori
1938 - 2024
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 1,068
Basil I
811 - 886
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 1,069
Ḫattušili III
1267 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 1,070
Anne of Brittany
1477 - 1514
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 1,071
Attalus I
269 BC - 197 BC
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 1,072
Zachary Taylor
1784 - 1850
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 1,073

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ranil Wickremesinghe ranks 25. Before him are Arsène Wenger, Lech Kaczyński, Sigourney Weaver, André Rieu, Maurice Gibb, and Joan Enric Vives Sicília. After him are Bruce Springsteen, Slavoj Žižek, Sandra Mason, Mohammed Shahabuddin, Jessica Lange, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Others Born in 1949

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Arsène Wenger
COACH
1949 - Present
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 19
Lech Kaczyński
POLITICIAN
1949 - 2010
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 20
Sigourney Weaver
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 21
André Rieu
MUSICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 22
Maurice Gibb
MUSICIAN
1949 - 2003
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 23
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 24
Ranil Wickremesinghe
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 25
Bruce Springsteen
MUSICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 26
Slavoj Žižek
PHILOSOPHER
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 27
Sandra Mason
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 28
Mohammed Shahabuddin
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 29
Jessica Lange
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 30
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 31