1864 - 1922
Johan Rudolf Kjellén (Swedish: [ˈrʉːdɔlf ɕɛˈleːn], 13 June 1864, in Torsö – 14 November 1922, in Uppsala) was a Swedish political scientist, geographer and politician who first coined the term "geopolitics". His work was influenced by Friedrich Ratzel. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Kjellén has received more than 120,091 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Rudolf Kjellén is the 2,971st most popular politician (up from 4,405th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 187th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Swedish Politician.
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Among politicians, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 2,971 out of 15,577. Before him are Nawal El Saadawi, Moïse Tshombe, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Siad Barre, Palamedes, and Emperor Go-Daigo. After him are Philopoemen, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Mykola Azarov, Pavlo Skoropadskyi, George Vella, and Giuseppe Guarneri.
1931 - 2021
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 2,965
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2,966
1870 - 1899
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2,967
1919 - 1995
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2,968
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2,969
1288 - 1339
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2,970
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2,971
253 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,972
1528 - 1579
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,973
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,974
1873 - 1945
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,975
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,976
1698 - 1744
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,977
Among people born in 1864, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 24. Before him are Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Dmitri Ivanovsky, John Jacob Astor IV, Heinrich Wölfflin, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and Frank Wedekind. After him are Charles Cooley, Alfred Stieglitz, Yun Chi-ho, Alexej von Jawlensky, Séraphine Louis, and Jules Renard. Among people deceased in 1922, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 23. Before him are Michael Collins, Nellie Bly, Walther Rathenau, Yamagata Aritomo, Henri Désiré Landru, and Andrey Markov. After him are Alessandro Moreschi, Léon Bonnat, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Paul Deschanel, Lothar von Richthofen, and Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton.
1864 - 1928
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 18
1864 - 1920
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 19
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 20
1864 - 1945
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 21
1864 - 1892
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 22
1864 - 1918
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 23
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 24
1864 - 1929
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 25
1864 - 1946
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 26
1864 - 1945
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 27
1864 - 1941
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 28
1864 - 1942
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 29
1864 - 1910
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 30
1890 - 1922
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 17
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 18
1867 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 19
1838 - 1922
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 20
1869 - 1922
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 21
1856 - 1922
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 22
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 23
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 24
1833 - 1922
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 25
1860 - 1922
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 26
1855 - 1922
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 27
1894 - 1922
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 28
1850 - 1922
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 29
Among people born in Sweden, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 115 out of 1,612. Before him are Carin Göring (1888), Kai Siegbahn (1918), Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884), Nils Liedholm (1922), Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584), and Canute I of Sweden (1150). After him are Lasse Hallström (1946), Victor Sjöström (1879), Harriet Andersson (1932), Magnus I of Sweden (1106), Sven-Göran Eriksson (1948), and Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896).
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 109
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 110
1884 - 1965
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 111
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 112
1584 - 1638
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 113
1150 - 1196
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 114
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 115
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 116
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 117
1932 - Present
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 118
1106 - 1134
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 119
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 120
1896 - 1966
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 121
Among politicians born in Sweden, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 36. Before him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937), Sverker I of Sweden (1100), Stefan Löfven (1957), Carin Göring (1888), Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884), and Canute I of Sweden (1150). After him are Magnus I of Sweden (1106), Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), Lennart Johansson (1929), Charles VII of Sweden (1130), and Halsten Stenkilsson (1050).
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 30
1100 - 1156
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 31
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 32
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 33
1884 - 1965
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 34
1150 - 1196
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 35
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 36
1106 - 1134
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 37
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 38
1799 - 1877
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 39
1929 - 2019
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 40
1130 - 1167
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 41
1050 - 1081
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 42