POLITICIAN
Ravi Shankar Prasad
1954 - Today
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 30 August 1954) is an Indian politician and lawyer, from the Bharatiya Janata Party. A Member of Parliament since 2000, first in the Rajya Sabha (2000–2019) and then in the Lok Sabha (since 2019), Prasad has served as Union Minister multiple times: As Minister of State, he served in the ministries of Coal (2001–2003), Law and Justice (2002–2003), and Information and Broadcasting (2003–2004) under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's premiership; as Cabinet Minister, he held the Law and Justice (2014, 2016–2021), Communications (2014–2016, 2019–2021), and Electronics and Information Technology (2014–2021) portfolios under Narendra Modi's premiership.His term as Union Minister was marked with the repeal of 1500 archaic laws, the landmark resolution of the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute, handling of litigation over the purchase of Rafale fighter planes, and digitization of 15000 trial courts. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ravi Shankar Prasad has received more than 1,724,870 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ravi Shankar Prasad is the 17,832nd most popular politician (down from 16,769th in 2019), the 1,028th most popular biography from India (down from 942nd in 2019) and the 276th most popular Indian Politician.
Memorability Metrics
1.7M
Page Views (PV)
39.04
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
1.63
Effective Languages (L*)
3.67
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Ravi Shankar Prasads by language
Over the past year Ravi Shankar Prasad has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 160,190 views, followed by Hindi (19,795), and Simple English (1,299). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Gujarati (1,285.71%), Persian (60.32%), and Simple English (50.52%)
Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 17,832 out of 19,576. Before him are Mercedes Cabrera, Russell A. Alger, Nathalie Loiseau, Rod Blagojevich, Elena Cattaneo, and Julia Klöckner. After him are Eoin MacNeill, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jacqui Smith, Ella Grasso, Patrick M. Shanahan, and Moshood Abiola.
Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMercedes Cabrera
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 17,826
Russell A. Alger
1836 - 1907
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 17,827
Nathalie Loiseau
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 17,828
Rod Blagojevich
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 17,829
Elena Cattaneo
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 17,830
Julia Klöckner
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 17,831
Ravi Shankar Prasad
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 17,832
Eoin MacNeill
1867 - 1945
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 17,833
Marjorie Taylor Greene
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 17,834
Jacqui Smith
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 17,835
Ella Grasso
1919 - 1981
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 17,836
Patrick M. Shanahan
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 17,837
Moshood Abiola
1937 - 1998
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 17,838
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1954, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 652. Before him are Lindiwe Sisulu, Phil Thompson, Iain Duncan Smith, Jeffrey Ashby, Jill Abramson, and Rodney Brooks. After him are Andrea Gyarmati, Robert W. McElroy, Arturo Rodas, James Gleick, Sammy McIlroy, and Eberhard Rösch.
Others Born in 1954
Go to all RankingsLindiwe Sisulu
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 646
Phil Thompson
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 647
Iain Duncan Smith
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 648
Jeffrey Ashby
ASTRONAUT
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 649
Jill Abramson
WRITER
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 650
Rodney Brooks
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 651
Ravi Shankar Prasad
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 652
Andrea Gyarmati
SWIMMER
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 653
Robert W. McElroy
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 654
Arturo Rodas
COMPOSER
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 655
James Gleick
WRITER
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 656
Sammy McIlroy
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 657
Eberhard Rösch
ATHLETE
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 658
In India
Among people born in India, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 1,028 out of 1,861. Before him are Charles Correa (1930), Kishori Amonkar (1932), Rajpal Yadav (1971), Mehboob Khan (1907), Vishnuvardhan (1950), and Gita Gopinath (1971). After him are Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), Zubeida (1911), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953), Ravi Shastri (1962), Mohanlal (1960), and Daler Mehndi (1967).
Others born in India
Go to all RankingsCharles Correa
ARCHITECT
1930 - 2015
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 1,022
Kishori Amonkar
SINGER
1932 - 2017
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 1,023
Rajpal Yadav
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 1,024
Mehboob Khan
FILM DIRECTOR
1907 - 1964
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 1,025
Vishnuvardhan
ACTOR
1950 - 2009
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 1,026
Gita Gopinath
ECONOMIST
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 1,027
Ravi Shankar Prasad
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 1,028
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
MUSICIAN
1927 - 2019
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 1,029
Zubeida
ACTOR
1911 - 1988
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 1,030
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 1,031
Ravi Shastri
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 1,032
Mohanlal
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,033
Daler Mehndi
SINGER
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 1,034
Among POLITICIANS In India
Among politicians born in India, Ravi Shankar Prasad ranks 276. Before him are J. P. Nadda (1960), Tarun Gogoi (1936), Amarinder Singh (1942), V. N. Janaki (1923), Manohar Lal Khattar (1954), and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927). After him are Ravi Shastri (1962), Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916), Manohar Parrikar (1955), Ahmed Patel (1949), Akhilesh Yadav (1973), and Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794).
J. P. Nadda
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.50
Rank: 270
Tarun Gogoi
1936 - 2020
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 271
Amarinder Singh
1942 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 272
V. N. Janaki
1923 - 1996
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 273
Manohar Lal Khattar
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 274
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
1927 - 2015
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 275
Ravi Shankar Prasad
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 276
Ravi Shastri
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 277
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
1916 - 2008
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 278
Manohar Parrikar
1955 - 2019
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 279
Ahmed Patel
1949 - 2020
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 280
Akhilesh Yadav
1973 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 281
Nasir-ud-Daulah
1794 - 1857
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 282