1972 - Today
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly ( ; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), also known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Bengali), is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He is popularly called the Maharaja of Indian Cricket. He was captain of the Indian national cricket team and is regarded as one of India's most successful cricket captains. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sourav Ganguly has received more than 7,159,768 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sourav Ganguly is the 13th most popular cricketer (down from 11th in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from India (down from 861st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Cricketer.
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Among cricketers, Sourav Ganguly ranks 13 out of 68. Before him are Willie Watson, Alfred Bowerman, Virat Kohli, Garfield Sobers, Viv Richards, and Rahul Dravid. After him are Anil Kumble, Bishan Singh Bedi, Brian Lara, Mithali Raj, Shane Warne, and Muttiah Muralitharan.
1920 - 2004
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 7
1873 - 1947
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 8
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 9
1936 - Present
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 12
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 13
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.79
Rank: 14
1946 - 2023
HPI: 31.17
Rank: 15
1969 - Present
HPI: 30.50
Rank: 16
1982 - Present
HPI: 30.26
Rank: 17
1969 - 2022
HPI: 30.17
Rank: 18
1972 - Present
HPI: 30.02
Rank: 19
Among people born in 1972, Sourav Ganguly ranks 636. Before him are Vyacheslav Kozlov, Peder Fredricson, Filiberto Azcuy, Daniele Nardello, Wayne Brady, and Grit Breuer. After him are Sigurd Rushfeldt, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Selenis Leyva, Silvia Farina Elia, Lloy Ball, and Tomasz Hajto.
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.22
Rank: 630
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.20
Rank: 631
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.20
Rank: 632
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.19
Rank: 633
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.19
Rank: 634
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 635
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 636
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.14
Rank: 637
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 638
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.11
Rank: 639
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.10
Rank: 640
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.09
Rank: 641
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.06
Rank: 642
Among people born in India, Sourav Ganguly ranks 963 out of 1,493. Before him are Shobhaa De (1948), Devi Shetty (1953), Rahul Dravid (1973), Dina Pathak (1922), Simi Garewal (1947), and Rabri Devi (1956). After him are Gita Gopinath (1971), Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Mahesh Babu (1975), Sushma Seth (1936), Manik Sarkar (1949), and Alok Nath (1956).
1948 - Present
HPI: 34.38
Rank: 957
1953 - Present
HPI: 34.28
Rank: 958
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 959
1922 - 2002
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 960
1947 - Present
HPI: 34.20
Rank: 961
1956 - Present
HPI: 34.20
Rank: 962
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 963
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 964
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 965
1975 - Present
HPI: 34.12
Rank: 966
1936 - Present
HPI: 34.08
Rank: 967
1949 - Present
HPI: 34.06
Rank: 968
1956 - Present
HPI: 34.01
Rank: 969
Among cricketers born in India, Sourav Ganguly ranks 7. Before him are Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Sunil Gavaskar (1949), MS Dhoni (1981), Kapil Dev (1959), Virat Kohli (1988), and Rahul Dravid (1973). After him are Anil Kumble (1970), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Mithali Raj (1982), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Diana Edulji (1956), and Virender Sehwag (1978).
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 1
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 2
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.47
Rank: 3
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 4
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 5
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.79
Rank: 8
1946 - 2023
HPI: 31.17
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 30.26
Rank: 10
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.68
Rank: 11
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.46
Rank: 12
1978 - Present
HPI: 29.36
Rank: 13