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Ugyen Wangchuck

1862 - 1926

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Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck (Dzongkha: ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: o rgyan dbang phyug; 11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King) and founding father of the Kingdom of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ugyen Wangchuck has received more than 446,087 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ugyen Wangchuck is the 5,604th most popular politician (down from 5,481st in 2019), the most popular biography from Bhutan and the most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 5,604 out of 19,576. Before him are Ulpia Marciana, Helü of Wu, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Theodora, Ashur-etil-ilani, and Mieszko III the Old. After him are Bonar Law, Yan Xishan, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Himiltrude, and As-Salih Ismail al-Malik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 41. Before him are Silvio Gesell, Maurice Barrès, Mary Anderson, Vito Cascio Ferro, August Oetker, and Georges Feydeau. After him are Aurel Stein, Leonid Pasternak, Tomitaro Makino, René Viviani, Théo van Rysselberghe, and Infanta María de la Paz of Spain. Among people deceased in 1926, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 36. Before him are Ellen Key, Friedrich von Wieser, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Knut Wicksell, Alphonse Borrelly, and Émile Coué. After him are Eino Leino, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Théo van Rysselberghe, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Robert Todd Lincoln, and Edwin Abbott Abbott.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 1 out of 17. After him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Lotay Tshering (1969), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961), Sangay Ngedup (1953), Jetsun Pema (1990), Khandu Wangchuk (1950), and Kunzang Choden (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bhutan

Among politicians born in Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 1. After him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Lotay Tshering (1969), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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