New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

POLITICIAN

Vishvamitra

2000 BC - 2000 BC

Photo of Vishvamitra

Icon of person Vishvamitra

Vishvamitra (Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र, IAST: Viśvāmitra) is one of the most venerated rishis or sages of ancient India. Vishvamitra is one of the seven Brahmarshi. According to Hindu tradition, he is stated to have written most of the Mandala 3 of the Rigveda, including the Gayatri Mantra (3.62.10). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vishvamitra has received more than 2,095,967 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Vishvamitra is the 2,622nd most popular politician (up from 3,579th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from India (up from 110th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Politician.

Vishvamitra is most famous for being one of the first people to perform a yajna, or sacrifice, in order to receive a boon from the gods.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vishvamitras by language


Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vishvamitra ranks 2,622 out of 15,577. Before him are Attalus III, Adelaide of Maurienne, Léon Gambetta, Vsevolod I of Kiev, Bolesław III Wrymouth, and Pepin I of Aquitaine. After him are Cecrops I, Kārlis Ulmanis, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Gisela of Hungary, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and Emperor Ling of Han.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 2000 BC, Vishvamitra ranks 3. Before him are Zoroaster and Senusret I. After him are Sumu-abum, Vasishtha, Gautama Maharishi, Bharadwaja, Erishum I, Ilu-shuma, Atri, Ur-Ninurta, and Gungunum. Among people deceased in 2000 BC, Vishvamitra ranks 3. Before him are Zoroaster and Hagar. After him are Vasishtha, Gautama Maharishi, Bharadwaja, Xie of Xia, Mang of Xia, Ilu-shuma, Atri, Bu Jiang, and Jiong of Xia.

Others Born in 2000 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2000 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, Vishvamitra ranks 93 out of 1,493. Before him are Sarojini Naidu (1879), Nathuram Godse (1910), Gerald Durrell (1925), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), and Chandragupta II (400). After him are Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Varāhamihira (505), Ramanuja (1017), Maharana Pratap (1540), Razia Sultana (1205), and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Vishvamitra ranks 27. Before him are Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Ajatashatru (-500), Sher Shah Suri (1486), and Chandragupta II (400). After him are Maharana Pratap (1540), Razia Sultana (1205), Bindusara (-320), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), and Pervez Musharraf (1943).

Indian born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL