1592 - 1666
Mirza Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also known as Shah Jahan I (Persian pronunciation: [ʃɑːh d͡ʒa.ˈhɑːn]; lit. 'King of the World'), was the fifth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1628 until 1658. During his reign, the Mughals reached the peak of their architectural and cultural achievements. The third son of Jahangir (r. 1605–1627), Shah Jahan participated in the military campaigns against the Sisodia Rajputs of Mewar and the rebel Lodi nobles of the Deccan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shah Jahan has received more than 11,002,912 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Shah Jahan is the 587th most popular politician (down from 471st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Pakistan and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Politician.
Shah Jahan was the emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1628-1658. He is most famous for building the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
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Among politicians, Shah Jahan ranks 587 out of 15,577. Before him are Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Manuel I Komnenos, Herbert Hoover, Oscar II of Sweden, Frederick William IV of Prussia, and Epaminondas. After him are Khosrow I, Valens, Darius II, Hans Frank, Ivan III of Russia, and Ptolemy XIV of Egypt.
1665 - 1714
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 581
1118 - 1180
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 582
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 583
1829 - 1907
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 584
1795 - 1861
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 585
418 BC - 362 BC
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 586
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 587
501 - 579
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 588
328 - 378
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 589
475 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 590
1900 - 1946
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 591
1440 - 1505
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 592
60 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 593
Among people born in 1592, Shah Jahan ranks 2. Before him is John Amos Comenius. After him are Hong Taiji, Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Catalina de Erauso, Peter Snayers, and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1666, Shah Jahan ranks 3. Before him are Anne of Austria and Frans Hals. After him are François Mansart, Abbas II of Persia, Guercino, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Luisa de Guzmán, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, and Albert Eckhout.
1592 - 1670
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 3
1592 - 1655
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 4
1592 - 1635
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 5
1592 - 1656
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 6
1592 - 1628
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 7
1592 - 1635
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 8
1592 - 1657
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 9
1592 - 1650
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 10
1592 - 1667
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 11
1592 - 1642
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 12
1601 - 1666
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 1
1582 - 1666
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 2
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 3
1598 - 1666
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 4
1633 - 1666
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 5
1591 - 1666
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 6
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 7
1629 - 1666
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 8
1613 - 1666
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 9
1579 - 1666
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 10
1635 - 1666
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 11
1610 - 1666
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 12
Among people born in Pakistan, Shah Jahan ranks 2 out of 180. Before him are Akbar (1542). After him are Chanakya (-375), Guru Nanak (1469), Pāṇini (-500), Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Bhagat Singh (1907), Kanishka (78), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Vasubandhu (400), and Porus (-400).
1542 - 1605
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 3
1469 - 1539
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 4
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 5
1877 - 1938
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 6
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 7
1907 - 1931
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 8
78 - 144
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 9
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 10
400 - 400
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 11
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Pakistan, Shah Jahan ranks 2. Before him are Akbar (1542). After him are Benazir Bhutto (1953), Kanishka (78), Porus (-400), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Aga Khan III (1877), Ranjit Singh (1780), Imran Khan (1952), and Manmohan Singh (1932).
1542 - 1605
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 3
78 - 144
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 4
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 5
1876 - 1948
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 6
1290 - 1351
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 7
1928 - 1979
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 8
1877 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 9
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 12