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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

1505 - 1579

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His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Sokollu Mehmed Pasha is the 750th most popular politician (down from 479th in 2024), the 5th most popular biography from Bosnia & Herzegovina (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Politician.

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha was the Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1565 to 1579. He was most famous for his military conquests and reforms in the Ottoman Empire.

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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks #5 among 422 people in Pantheon born in Bosnia & Herzegovina, inside the top 2% of that group.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 750 out of 20,022. Before him are Tahmasp I, Louis, Dauphin of France, Peter II of Russia, Moon Jae-in, Chun Doo-hwan, and Umberto II of Italy. After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Hassan II of Morocco, Leonid Kuchma, Khosrow I, Anna of Russia, and Qaboos bin Said al Said.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 1. After him are Mary of Hungary, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Andrea Amati, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Michel de l'Hôpital, Mikołaj Rej, Juan de Valdés, Lambert Lombard, Christine of Saxony, Nikolaus Federmann, and Christoph Amberger. Among people deceased in 1579, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 1. After him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Joseph Nasi, Hans Staden, Diego de Landa, Thomas Gresham, Stanislaus Hosius, Vicente Juan Masip, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, and Simão Rodrigues.

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In Bosnia & Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 5 out of 422. Before him are Gavrilo Princip (1894), Ivo Andrić (1892), Ratko Mladić (1942), and Valerius Severus (300). After him are Alija Izetbegović (1925), Ante Pavelić (1889), Emir Kusturica (1954), Vladimir Prelog (1906), Goran Bregović (1950), Zoran Đinđić (1952), and Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338).

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Among Politicians In Bosnia & Herzegovina

Among politicians born in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ranks 2. Before him is Valerius Severus (300). After him are Alija Izetbegović (1925), Ante Pavelić (1889), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), Biljana Plavšić (1930), Milorad Dodik (1959), Boris Tadić (1958), Vukašin of Serbia (1320), and Ante Marković (1924).

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