1933 - 2016
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (Sinhala: රත්නසිරි වික්රමනායක, Tamil: ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க; 5 May 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010, and also served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2002. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has received more than 165,114 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ratnasiri Wickremanayake is the 14,405th most popular politician (down from 13,156th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 12th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.
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Among politicians, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 14,405 out of 15,577. Before him are Constantine Lekapenos, Athanasios Miaoulis, Farid Simaika, Ferdinand Oyono, Dedumose II, and Yacouba Isaac Zida. After him are Marco Aurelio Soto, Matija Ljubek, Dimitrij Rupel, Renato Ruggiero, Jerónimo Méndez, and Bridei III.
930 - 950
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 14,399
1815 - 1867
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 14,400
1907 - 1943
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 14,401
1929 - 2010
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 14,402
1600 BC - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 14,403
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 14,404
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 14,405
1846 - 1908
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 14,406
1953 - 2000
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 14,407
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 14,408
1930 - 2013
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 14,409
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 14,410
616 - 693
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 14,411
Among people born in 1933, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 366. Before him are Tim Conway, Judah Folkman, Pedro Cubilla, Severino Poletto, Johnny Unitas, and Michael Frayn. After him are Valentina Rastvorova, Neale Fraser, Scotty Bowman, Peter Arundell, Mike Larrabee, and Jerry Falwell. Among people deceased in 2016, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 375. Before him are Raúl Cárdenas, Fernando Cardenal, Mose Allison, Larry Drake, Nick Menza, and Carlo Monti. After him are Rita Barberá, Ken Howard, Joe Alaskey, Alexis Arquette, Christina Grimmie, and Angus Scrimm.
1933 - 2019
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 360
1933 - 2008
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 361
1933 - 2007
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 362
1933 - 2022
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 363
1933 - 2002
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 364
1933 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 365
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 366
1933 - 2018
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 367
1933 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 368
1933 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 369
1933 - 2009
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 370
1933 - 2003
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 371
1933 - 2007
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 372
1928 - 2016
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 369
1934 - 2016
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 370
1927 - 2016
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 371
1950 - 2016
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 372
1964 - 2016
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 373
1920 - 2016
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 374
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 375
1948 - 2016
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 376
1944 - 2016
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 377
1952 - 2016
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 378
1969 - 2016
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 379
1994 - 2016
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 380
1926 - 2016
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 381
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 24 out of 44. Before him are Maithripala Sirisena (1951), M. G. Ramachandran (1917), William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), and Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916). After him are Frederick G. Donnan (1870), Malcolm Ranjith (1947), Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), Duncan White (1918), and D. M. Jayaratne (1931).
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 18
1917 - 1987
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 19
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 20
1883 - 1952
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 21
1924 - 1993
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 22
1916 - 2008
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 23
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 24
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 25
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 27
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 28
1918 - 1998
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 29
1931 - 2019
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 30
Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ranks 12. Before him are S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), and Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916). After him are Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), and Alexander Khloponin (1965).
1899 - 1959
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 7
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 8
1883 - 1952
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 9
1924 - 1993
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 10
1916 - 2008
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 11
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 13
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 14
1931 - 2019
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 15
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.10
Rank: 16