1627 - 1680
Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale; Marathi pronunciation: [ʃiʋaːd͡ʒiˑ bʱoˑs(ə)leˑ]; c. 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Dynasty. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adilshahi Sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shivaji has received more than 16,560,638 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Shivaji is the 425th most popular politician (up from 463rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from India (down from 16th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Politician.
Shivaji is most famous for his role in uniting the Maratha people and fighting against the Mughal Empire.
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Among politicians, Shivaji ranks 425 out of 15,577. Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Jeongjo of Joseon, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Rurik, Goliath, and Eduard Shevardnadze. After him are Sigismund III Vasa, Idi Amin, Sitting Bull, Menes, Menkaure, and Horemheb.
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
3200 BC - 3100 BC
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 429
2001 BC - 2503 BC
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 430
1319 BC - 1292 BC
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 431
Among people born in 1627, Shivaji ranks 3. Before him are Robert Boyle and Turhan Hatice Sultan. After him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Aşub Sultan, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, John Ray, Willem van Aelst, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Petro Doroshenko, and Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi. Among people deceased in 1680, Shivaji ranks 2. Before him is Gian Lorenzo Bernini. After him are François de La Rochefoucauld, Athanasius Kircher, Nicolas Fouquet, Jan Swammerdam, Raimondo Montecuccoli, La Voisin, Willem Claesz. Heda, Ivan Sirko, Ferdinand Bol, and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine.
1627 - 1691
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 1
1627 - 1683
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 2
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 3
1627 - 1704
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 4
1627 - 1689
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 5
1627 - 1693
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 6
1627 - 1705
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 7
1627 - 1679
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 8
1627 - 1678
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 9
1627 - 1667
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 10
1627 - 1698
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 11
1627 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 12
1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 1
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 2
1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 3
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 4
1615 - 1680
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 5
1637 - 1680
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 6
1609 - 1680
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 7
1640 - 1680
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 8
1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 9
1610 - 1680
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 10
1616 - 1680
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 11
1617 - 1680
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Shivaji ranks 19 out of 1,493. Before him are B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Nagarjuna (150), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Rudyard Kipling (1865), Indira Gandhi (1917), and Kālidāsa (400). After him are Ānanda (-600), Bodhidharma (483), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Shah Rukh Khan (1965), and Subhas Chandra Bose (1897).
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 13
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 14
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 15
1865 - 1936
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 16
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 17
400 - 420
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 18
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 19
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 20
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 21
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 22
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 23
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 24
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 25
Among politicians born in India, Shivaji ranks 7. Before him are Ashoka (-304), Narendra Modi (1950), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), and Indira Gandhi (1917). After him are Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Rani of Jhansi (1828), and Jahangir (1569).
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 1
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 2
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 3
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 4
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 5
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 6
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 7
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 8
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 9
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 10
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 11
1828 - 1858
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 12
1569 - 1627
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 13