1524 - 1574
Selim II (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى, romanized: Selīm-i sānī; Turkish: II. Selim; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond (Turkish: Sarı Selim) or Selim the Drunkard (Sarhoş Selim), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Selim II has received more than 3,484,554 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Selim II is the 39th most popular politician (up from 74th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Politician.
Selim II was the Ottoman Sultan from 1566 to 1574. He is most famous for his military conquests in the Mediterranean, which included Cyprus, Rhodes, and Malta.
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Among politicians, Selim II ranks 39 out of 15,577. Before him are Qin Shi Huang, Louis XVI of France, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Justinian I, Richard III of England, and Umar. After him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Akhenaten, Pericles, Maria Theresa, Ulysses S. Grant, and Nero.
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 33
1754 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 34
1500 - 1558
HPI: 85.01
Rank: 35
482 - 565
HPI: 84.93
Rank: 36
1452 - 1485
HPI: 84.85
Rank: 37
585 - 644
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 38
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 39
1830 - 1916
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 40
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 84.67
Rank: 41
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 42
1717 - 1780
HPI: 84.31
Rank: 43
1822 - 1885
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 44
37 - 68
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 45
Among people born in 1524, Selim II ranks 1. After him are Luís de Camões, Pierre de Ronsard, Diego de Landa, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Joseph Nasi, Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, François Hotman, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1574, Selim II ranks 1. After him are Giorgio Vasari, Charles IX of France, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Renée of France, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Maarten van Heemskerck, Ebussuud Efendi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Louis of Nassau.
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 1
1524 - 1580
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 2
1524 - 1585
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 3
1524 - 1579
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 4
1524 - 1586
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 5
1524 - 1579
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 6
1524 - 1566
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 7
1524 - 1574
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 8
1524 - 1568
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 9
1524 - 1564
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 10
1524 - 1590
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 11
1524 - 1586
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 12
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 1
1511 - 1574
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 2
1550 - 1574
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 3
1519 - 1574
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 4
1510 - 1574
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 5
1500 - 1574
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 6
1523 - 1574
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 7
1498 - 1574
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 8
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 9
1514 - 1574
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 10
1524 - 1574
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 11
1538 - 1574
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Selim II ranks 7 out of 1,301. Before him are Herodotus (-484), Paul the Apostle (5), Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Thales of Miletus (-623), Saint Nicholas (270), and Osman I (1254). After him are Saint George (280), Ahmed I (1590), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Heraclitus (-535), Murad III (1546), and Selim I (1470).
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 1
5 - 66
HPI: 89.29
Rank: 2
1494 - 1566
HPI: 88.38
Rank: 3
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 4
270 - 342
HPI: 85.95
Rank: 5
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 6
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 7
280 - 303
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 8
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 9
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 10
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 11
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 12
1470 - 1520
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Turkey, Selim II ranks 3. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494) and Osman I (1254). After him are Ahmed I (1590), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Murad III (1546), Selim I (1470), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Mustafa I (1591), Murad I (1326), and Bayezid I (1354).
1494 - 1566
HPI: 88.38
Rank: 1
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 2
1524 - 1574
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 3
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 4
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 5
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 6
1470 - 1520
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 7
1612 - 1640
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 8
1566 - 1603
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 9
1591 - 1639
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 10
1326 - 1389
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 11
1354 - 1403
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 12