1918 - 1999
Shankar Dayal Sharma (; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh who served as the ninth president of India, from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahabad and Lucknow and received a doctorate in constitutional law from the University of Cambridge and was a bar-at-law from Lincoln's Inn and a Brandeis Fellow at Harvard University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shankar Dayal Sharma has received more than 1,789,537 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Shankar Dayal Sharma is the 7,040th most popular politician (up from 8,693rd in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from India (up from 262nd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Shankar Dayal Sharma ranks 7,040 out of 15,577. Before him are Arete, Phaedon Gizikis, Friedrich Naumann, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Joseph Darnand, and Józef Cyrankiewicz. After him are Salitis, Ishpuini of Urartu, Ali Kafi, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, and Ansprand.
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,034
1917 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,035
1860 - 1919
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,036
163 BC - 89 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,037
1897 - 1945
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,038
1911 - 1989
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,039
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,040
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,041
900 BC - 810 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,042
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7,043
1954 - 2020
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 7,044
1407 - 1476
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 7,045
657 - 712
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 7,046
Among people born in 1918, Shankar Dayal Sharma ranks 93. Before him are E. Howard Hunt, Huber Matos, Edwin G. Krebs, Anna Mani, Thomas Gordon, and Lo Wei. After him are Gara Garayev, Joseph Wiseman, Dora Ratjen, Cicely Saunders, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, and Kazuo Sakamaki. Among people deceased in 1999, Shankar Dayal Sharma ranks 76. Before him are Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Sebastian Haffner, Ilmari Juutilainen, Igor Netto, Brion James, and Phaedon Gizikis. After him are Leon Štukelj, Yuri Knorozov, Kazuo Sakamaki, Maurice Couve de Murville, Joseph Heller, and Kisshomaru Ueshiba.
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 87
1918 - 2014
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 88
1918 - 2009
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 89
1918 - 2001
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 90
1918 - 2002
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 91
1918 - 1996
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 92
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 93
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 94
1918 - 2009
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 95
1918 - 2008
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 96
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 97
1918 - 1970
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 98
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 99
1902 - 1999
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 70
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 71
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 72
1930 - 1999
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 73
1945 - 1999
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 74
1917 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 75
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 76
1898 - 1999
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 77
1922 - 1999
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 78
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 79
1907 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 80
1923 - 1999
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 81
1921 - 1999
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 82
Among people born in India, Shankar Dayal Sharma ranks 227 out of 1,493. Before him are Anna Mani (1918), Tilopa (928), Rajaraja I (947), Hemachandra (1089), Jamsetji Tata (1839), and Khaleda Zia (1945). After him are Tansen (1493), George Alencherry (1945), Inayat Khan (1882), Meher Baba (1894), Charan Singh (1902), and Guru Angad (1504).
1918 - 2001
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 221
928 - 1009
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 222
947 - 1014
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 223
1089 - 1172
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 224
1839 - 1904
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 225
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 226
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 227
1493 - 1493
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 228
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 229
1882 - 1927
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 230
1894 - 1969
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 231
1902 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 232
1504 - 1552
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 233
Among politicians born in India, Shankar Dayal Sharma ranks 72. Before him are Shah Alam II (1728), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Hyder Ali (1720), Henry McMahon (1862), Rajaraja I (947), and Khaleda Zia (1945). After him are Charan Singh (1902), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), Rani Durgavati (1524), Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Feroze Gandhi (1912), and Nizamuddin Auliya (1238).
1728 - 1806
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 66
1725 - 1795
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 67
1720 - 1782
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 68
1862 - 1949
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 69
947 - 1014
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 70
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 71
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 72
1902 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 73
1910 - 2009
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 74
1524 - 1564
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 75
1556 - 1627
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 76
1912 - 1960
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 77
1238 - 1325
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 78