1780 - 1839
Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. He fought his first battle alongside his father at age 10. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ranjit Singh has received more than 5,207,830 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Ranjit Singh is the 4,304th most popular politician (up from 5,091st in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Pakistan and the 10th most popular Pakistani Politician.
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Among politicians, Ranjit Singh ranks 4,304 out of 15,577. Before him are Taishi Ci, Euphronios, Amyntas I of Macedon, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Etana, and Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre. After him are Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Max Amann, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Yury Luzhkov, and Allen Dulles.
166 - 206
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 4,298
520 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 4,299
540 BC - 498 BC
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 4,300
1895 - 1945
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 4,301
2850 BC - 2900 BC
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 4,302
1725 - 1793
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 4,303
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 4,304
1907 - 1967
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 4,305
1432 - 1462
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 4,306
1891 - 1957
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 4,307
1810 - 1835
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 4,308
1936 - 2019
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 4,309
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 4,310
Among people born in 1780, Ranjit Singh ranks 11. Before him are Miloš Obrenović, Jules de Polignac, Charles Nodier, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Sacagawea, and Jernej Kopitar. After him are Mary Somerville, Karl Nesselrode, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Charles Maturin, Tudor Vladimirescu, and Clarke Abel. Among people deceased in 1839, Ranjit Singh ranks 7. Before him are Mahmud II, Frederick VI of Denmark, Caroline Bonaparte, Fernando Sor, Friedrich Mohs, and William, Duke of Nassau. After him are William Smith, Princess Marie of Orléans, Pehr Henrik Ling, Charlotte Bonaparte, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, and Joseph Fesch.
1780 - 1860
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 5
1780 - 1847
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 6
1780 - 1844
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 7
1780 - 1857
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 8
1780 - 1812
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 9
1780 - 1844
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 10
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 11
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 12
1780 - 1862
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 13
1780 - 1857
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 14
1780 - 1824
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 15
1780 - 1821
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 16
1780 - 1826
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 17
1785 - 1839
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 1
1768 - 1839
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 2
1782 - 1839
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 3
1778 - 1839
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 4
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 5
1792 - 1839
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 6
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 7
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 8
1813 - 1839
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 9
1776 - 1839
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 10
1802 - 1839
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 11
1819 - 1839
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 12
1763 - 1839
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 13
Among people born in Pakistan, Ranjit Singh ranks 23 out of 180. Before him are Abdus Salam (1926), Kabir Bedi (1946), Har Gobind Khorana (1922), Aga Khan III (1877), Dev Anand (1923), and Raj Kapoor (1924). After him are Imran Khan (1952), Manmohan Singh (1932), Arif Alvi (1949), Guru Ram Das (1534), Bacha Khan (1890), and Kumail Nanjiani (1978).
1926 - 1996
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 17
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 18
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 19
1877 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 20
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 21
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 22
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 23
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 24
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 26
1534 - 1581
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 27
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 28
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 29
Among politicians born in Pakistan, Ranjit Singh ranks 10. Before him are Kanishka (78), Porus (-400), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), and Aga Khan III (1877). After him are Imran Khan (1952), Manmohan Singh (1932), Arif Alvi (1949), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), and Khema (-550).
78 - 144
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 4
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 5
1876 - 1948
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 6
1290 - 1351
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 7
1928 - 1979
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 8
1877 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 9
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 13
1309 - 1388
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 14
1898 - 1998
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 15
550 BC - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 16