1920 - 1975
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu (lit. 'Friend of Bengal') was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist. As a politician, Mujib had held continuous positions as president or prime minister from April 1971 until his assassination in August 1975: as president from 1971 to 1972 and briefly from 1975 until his death, and as prime minister from 1972 to 1975. Mujib successfully led the Bangladeshi independence movement and restored the Bengali sovereignty after over two centuries following the Battle of Plassey in 1757, for which he is honoured as the 'Father of the Nation' in Bangladesh. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has received more than 5,069,172 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the 1,938th most popular politician (down from 1,804th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Bangladesh and the most popular Bangladeshi Politician.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh and is most famous for leading the Bengali independence movement.
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Among politicians, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 1,938 out of 15,577. Before him are Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Elizabeth of Portugal, Ambiorix, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Frederick the Fair. After him are Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Viriathus, Rastislav of Moravia, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Moshe Sharett, and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria.
1937 - 2024
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,932
300 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,933
1271 - 1336
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,934
100 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,935
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,936
1289 - 1330
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,937
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,938
1610 - 1670
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,939
180 BC - 139 BC
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,940
820 - 870
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1,941
1836 - 1894
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1,942
1894 - 1965
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1,943
1847 - 1897
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1,944
Among people born in 1920, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 29. Before him are Boris Vian, Owen Chamberlain, Richard von Weizsäcker, Walter Matthau, Helmut Newton, and John Demjanjuk. After him are Ravi Shankar, Douglass North, Nicolaas Bloembergen, François Jacob, Clarice Lispector, and Gene Tierney. Among people deceased in 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 21. Before him are Mikhail Bakhtin, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Saint-John Perse, George Paget Thomson, Josemaría Escrivá, and Graham Hill. After him are Jimmy Hoffa, Robert Robinson, Julian Huxley, Antonín Novotný, Pavel Sukhoi, and Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia.
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 23
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 24
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 25
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 26
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 27
1920 - 2012
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 28
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 29
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 30
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 31
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 32
1920 - 2013
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 33
1920 - 1977
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 34
1920 - 1991
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 35
1895 - 1975
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 15
1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 16
1887 - 1975
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 17
1892 - 1975
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 18
1902 - 1975
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 19
1929 - 1975
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 20
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 21
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 22
1886 - 1975
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 23
1887 - 1975
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 24
1904 - 1975
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 25
1895 - 1975
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 26
1908 - 1975
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 27
Among people born in Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 2 out of 57. Before him are Muhammad Yunus (1940). After him are Atiśa (982), Abdul Hamid (1944), Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858), Sheikh Hasina (1947), William Beveridge (1879), Chandragupta I (250), Sri Chinmoy (1931), Zillur Rahman (1929), Ziaur Rahman (1936), and Meghnad Saha (1893).
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 1
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 2
982 - 1054
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 3
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 4
1858 - 1937
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 6
1879 - 1963
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 7
250 - 335
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 8
1931 - 2007
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 9
1929 - 2013
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 10
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 11
1893 - 1956
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 1. After him are Abdul Hamid (1944), Sheikh Hasina (1947), Chandragupta I (250), Zillur Rahman (1929), Ziaur Rahman (1936), Mir Jafar (1691), Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), and Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930).
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 3
250 - 335
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 4
1929 - 2013
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 5
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 6
1691 - 1765
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 7
1931 - 2012
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 8
1894 - 1964
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 9
1918 - 1996
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 10
1873 - 1962
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 11
1930 - 2022
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 12