1494 - 1566
Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان اول, romanized: Süleyman-ı Evvel; Turkish: I. Süleyman; 6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver (Ottoman Turkish: قانونى سلطان سليمان, romanized: Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān) in his realm, was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566. Under his administration, the Ottoman caliphate ruled over at least 25 million people. Suleiman succeeded his father as sultan in September 1520 and began his reign with campaigns against the Christian powers in central Europe and the Mediterranean. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Suleiman the Magnificent has received more than 6,435,586 page views. His biography is available in 111 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 108 in 2019). Suleiman the Magnificent is the 17th most popular politician (up from 20th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Turkey and the most popular Turkish Politician.
Suleiman the Magnificent was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He is most famous for his military conquests and his construction of the Ottoman Empire's largest mosque, the Hagia Sophia.
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Among politicians, Suleiman the Magnificent ranks 17 out of 15,710. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Elizabeth I of England, Saladin, Jimmy Carter, Constantine the Great, and Attila. After him are Hannibal, Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill, Otto von Bismarck, Mao Zedong, and Tutankhamun.
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.37
Rank: 11
1533 - 1603
HPI: 90.91
Rank: 12
1138 - 1193
HPI: 90.87
Rank: 13
1924 - Present
HPI: 90.85
Rank: 14
272 - 337
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 15
406 - 453
HPI: 90.29
Rank: 16
1494 - 1566
HPI: 90.22
Rank: 17
183 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 18
1883 - 1945
HPI: 90.01
Rank: 19
1874 - 1965
HPI: 89.73
Rank: 20
1815 - 1898
HPI: 89.69
Rank: 21
1893 - 1976
HPI: 89.64
Rank: 22
1341 BC - 1323 BC
HPI: 89.49
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1494, Suleiman the Magnificent ranks 1. After him are Francis I of France, François Rabelais, Fuzûlî, Georgius Agricola, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Jean Parisot de Valette, Rosso Fiorentino, Lucas van Leyden, Leo Africanus, and Hans Sachs. Among people deceased in 1566, Suleiman the Magnificent ranks 1. After him are Nostradamus, Diane de Poitiers, Bartolomé de las Casas, Nikola IV Zrinski, Daniele da Volterra, Louise Labé, Leonhart Fuchs, Antonio de Cabezón, Sigismund von Herberstein, Johannes Agricola, and Lambert Lombard.
1494 - 1566
HPI: 90.22
Rank: 1
1494 - 1547
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 2
1494 - 1553
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 3
1494 - 1556
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 4
1494 - 1555
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 5
1494 - 1557
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 6
1494 - 1557
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 7
1494 - 1568
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 8
1494 - 1540
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 9
1494 - 1533
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 10
1494 - 1554
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 11
1494 - 1576
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 12
1494 - 1566
HPI: 90.22
Rank: 1
1503 - 1566
HPI: 88.63
Rank: 2
1499 - 1566
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 3
1484 - 1566
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 4
1508 - 1566
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 5
1509 - 1566
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 6
1524 - 1566
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 7
1501 - 1566
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 8
1510 - 1566
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 9
1486 - 1566
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 10
1494 - 1566
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 11
1505 - 1566
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Suleiman the Magnificent ranks 4 out of 1,128. Before him are Homer (-800), Paul the Apostle (5), and Herodotus (-484). After him are Saint George (280), Heraclitus (-535), Thales of Miletus (-623), Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Osman I (1254), Selim I (1470), and Diogenes (-404).
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 92.32
Rank: 1
5 - 66
HPI: 92.16
Rank: 2
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 90.91
Rank: 3
1494 - 1566
HPI: 90.22
Rank: 4
280 - 303
HPI: 88.41
Rank: 5
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 6
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.50
Rank: 7
1524 - 1574
HPI: 86.45
Rank: 8
1432 - 1481
HPI: 86.30
Rank: 9
1254 - 1327
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 10
1470 - 1520
HPI: 86.18
Rank: 11
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 86.10
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Turkey, Suleiman the Magnificent ranks 1. After him are Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Osman I (1254), Selim I (1470), Ahmed I (1590), Murad IV (1612), Murad III (1546), Mehmed III (1566), Bayezid I (1354), Bayezid II (1447), and Abdul Hamid II (1842).
1494 - 1566
HPI: 90.22
Rank: 1
1524 - 1574
HPI: 86.45
Rank: 2
1432 - 1481
HPI: 86.30
Rank: 3
1254 - 1327
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 4
1470 - 1520
HPI: 86.18
Rank: 5
1590 - 1617
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 6
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 7
1546 - 1595
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 8
1566 - 1603
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 9
1354 - 1403
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 10
1447 - 1512
HPI: 83.99
Rank: 11
1842 - 1918
HPI: 83.90
Rank: 12