1732 - 1818
Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1772–1785. He and Robert Clive are credited with laying the foundation of the British Empire in India. He was an energetic organizer and reformer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Warren Hastings has received more than 1,781,193 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Warren Hastings is the 4,643rd most popular politician (up from 6,944th in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,510th in 2019) and the 171st most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Warren Hastings ranks 4,643 out of 15,577. Before him are Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Leo I, King of Armenia, Treniota, Nariman Narimanov, Stefan Uroš I, and Muzio Attendolo Sforza. After him are Julius Paulus Prudentissimus, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Fruela II of Asturias, François Bozizé, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and Emperor Saga.
1560 - 1641
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,637
1150 - 1219
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,638
1210 - 1264
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,639
1870 - 1925
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,640
1220 - 1277
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,641
1369 - 1424
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,642
1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,643
190 - 220
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 4,644
1741 - 1816
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4,645
875 - 925
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4,646
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4,647
1948 - 2003
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4,648
786 - 842
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4,649
Among people born in 1732, Warren Hastings ranks 15. Before him are Jérôme Lalande, Abbas III, Adélaïde of France, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Christoph Adelung, and John Dickinson. After him are Carl Gotthard Langhans, Peter Forsskål, Joseph Gaertner, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Hieronymus von Colloredo, and Joseph von Sonnenfels. Among people deceased in 1818, Warren Hastings ranks 11. Before him are Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, and Alexandre Pétion. After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Matthew Lewis, Heinrich Füger, Abigail Adams, and Paul Revere.
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 9
1732 - 1740
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 10
1732 - 1800
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 11
1732 - 1797
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 12
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 13
1732 - 1808
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 14
1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 15
1732 - 1808
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 16
1732 - 1763
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 17
1732 - 1791
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 18
1732 - 1776
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 19
1732 - 1812
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 20
1732 - 1817
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 21
1744 - 1818
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 5
1797 - 1818
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 6
1759 - 1818
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 7
1786 - 1818
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 8
1736 - 1818
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 9
1770 - 1818
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 10
1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 11
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 12
1754 - 1818
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 13
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 14
1751 - 1818
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 15
1744 - 1818
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 16
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, Warren Hastings ranks 1,003 out of 7,765. Before him are James Stirling (1926), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Stephen Frears (1941), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), and Honor Blackman (1925). After him are Anna Atkins (1799), Thomas Cavendish (1560), Ida Noddack (1896), Freeman Dyson (1923), Hans Sloane (1660), and Robert Hardy (1925).
1926 - 1992
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 997
1477 - 1539
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 998
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 999
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,000
1734 - 1797
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,001
1925 - 2020
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,002
1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,003
1799 - 1871
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,004
1560 - 1592
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,005
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,006
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,007
1660 - 1753
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 1,008
1925 - 2017
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,009
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Warren Hastings ranks 171. Before him are Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Alexander III of Scotland (1241), Julia Gillard (1961), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), and Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477). After him are Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), and Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831).
1871 - 1951
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 165
1451 - 1476
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 166
1241 - 1286
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 167
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 168
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 169
1477 - 1539
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 170
1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 171
1156 - 1189
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 172
1792 - 1878
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 173
1849 - 1895
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 174
1506 - 1552
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 175
1198 - 1249
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 176
831 - 860
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 177