830 - 879
Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; Church Slavonic: Рюрикъ, romanized: Rjurikŭ; Old Norse: Hrøríkʀ; died 879) was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rurik has received more than 1,970,186 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Rurik is the 422nd most popular politician (down from 412th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Russia (down from 55th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Russian Politician.
Rurik is most famous for founding the Kievan Rus, which became the first Russian state.
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Among politicians, Rurik ranks 422 out of 15,577. Before him are Albert II of Belgium, Henry the Fowler, Charles I of England, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Jeongjo of Joseon, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After him are Goliath, Eduard Shevardnadze, Shivaji, Sigismund III Vasa, Idi Amin, and Sitting Bull.
1934 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 416
876 - 936
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 417
1600 - 1649
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 418
1867 - 1951
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 419
1752 - 1800
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 420
1536 - 1598
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 421
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 422
1060 BC - Present
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 423
1928 - 2014
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 424
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 425
1566 - 1632
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 426
1923 - 2003
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 427
1831 - 1890
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 428
Among people born in 830, Rurik ranks 1. After him are Pope Marinus I, Carloman of Bavaria, Saint Naum, Junayd of Baghdad, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Kocel, Guthrum, Ermentrude of Orléans, Emperor Kōkō, Rimbert, and Mutimir of Serbia. Among people deceased in 879, Rurik ranks 1. After him are Louis the Stammerer, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Ansgarde of Burgundy, and Zdeslav of Croatia.
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 1
830 - 884
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 2
830 - 880
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 3
830 - 910
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 4
830 - 910
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 5
830 - 879
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 6
830 - 876
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 7
830 - 890
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 8
830 - 869
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 9
830 - 887
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 10
830 - 888
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 11
830 - 891
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 12
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 1
846 - 879
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 2
830 - 879
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3
815 - 879
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 4
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 5
826 - 879
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 6
900 - 879
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 7
Among people born in Russia, Rurik ranks 57 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Vladimir the Great (958), Boris Godunov (1552), Sergey Lavrov (1950), Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), and Andrei Tarkovsky (1932). After him are Stanislav Petrov (1939), Georg Cantor (1845), Feodor I of Russia (1557), Vasily Zaitsev (1915), Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904), and Ivan Turgenev (1818).
1895 - 1918
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 51
958 - 1015
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 52
1552 - 1605
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 53
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 54
1824 - 1887
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 55
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 56
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 57
1939 - 2017
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 58
1845 - 1918
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 59
1557 - 1598
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 60
1915 - 1991
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 61
1904 - 1918
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 62
1818 - 1883
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 63
Among politicians born in Russia, Rurik ranks 23. Before him are Alexander II of Russia (1818), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Boris Godunov (1552), and Sergey Lavrov (1950). After him are Feodor I of Russia (1557), Peter II of Russia (1715), Anna of Russia (1693), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Georgy Malenkov (1902), and Frederick I of Prussia (1657).
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 17
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 18
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 19
1627 - 1683
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 20
1552 - 1605
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 21
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 22
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 23
1557 - 1598
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 24
1715 - 1730
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 25
1693 - 1740
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 26
1965 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 27
1902 - 1988
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 28
1657 - 1713
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 29