1862 - 1926
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) of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ugyen Wangchuck has received more than 412,155 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ugyen Wangchuck is the 5,495th most popular politician (down from 4,606th in 2019), the most popular biography from Bhutan and the most popular Bhutanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 5,495 out of 15,577. Before him are Walter Warlimont, Mirjana Marković, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Didier Ratsiraka, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, and Rached Ghannouchi. After him are Vologases VI, Ulpia Marciana, Latinus, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Chris Patten, and Peter Minuit.
1894 - 1976
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,489
1942 - 2019
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,490
1227 - 1264
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,491
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,492
1892 - 1940
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,493
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,494
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,495
200 - 228
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5,496
48 - 112
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5,497
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5,498
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,499
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,500
1589 - 1638
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,501
Among people born in 1862, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 38. Before him are Edith Wharton, Siegbert Tarrasch, Aurel Stein, Silvio Gesell, Maurice Barrès, and Georges Feydeau. After him are Leonid Pasternak, Théo van Rysselberghe, Vito Cascio Ferro, Mary Anderson, Eugen Ehrlich, and August Oetker. Among people deceased in 1926, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 34. Before him are William Bateson, Constantin Fehrenbach, Ellen Key, Friedrich von Wieser, Knut Wicksell, and Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans. After him are Théo van Rysselberghe, Émile Coué, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Alphonse Borrelly, Ye Wanyong, and Robert Todd Lincoln.
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 32
1862 - 1934
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 33
1862 - 1943
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 34
1862 - 1930
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 35
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 36
1862 - 1921
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 37
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 38
1862 - 1945
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 39
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 40
1862 - 1943
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 41
1862 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 42
1862 - 1922
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 43
1862 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 44
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 28
1852 - 1926
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 29
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 30
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 31
1851 - 1926
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 32
1869 - 1926
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 33
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 34
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 35
1857 - 1926
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 36
1852 - 1926
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 37
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 38
1858 - 1926
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 39
1843 - 1926
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 40
Among people born in Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 1 out of 14. After him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Lotay Tshering (1969), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), Jetsun Pema (1990), Khandu Wangchuk (1950), and Wangay Dorji (1974).
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1
1929 - 1972
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 2
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 3
1905 - 1952
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 5
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 8
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 9
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 10
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.80
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck ranks 1. After him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Lotay Tshering (1969), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1
1929 - 1972
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 2
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 3
1905 - 1952
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 5
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 6
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 7
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.80
Rank: 9