1910 - 1970
Yusof bin Ishak ( YUUSS-off bin ISS-hahk; 12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970) was a Singaporean journalist and senior civil servant who served as the first president of Singapore between 1965 and 1970. Prior to his appointment as Singapore's head of state, Yusof was a well-known journalist who co-founded Utusan Melayu, which was in circulation until 9 October 2019. He started his career in journalism after his graduation from Raffles Institution in 1929. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yusof Ishak has received more than 862,382 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Yusof Ishak is the 7,713th most popular politician (up from 8,037th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Malaysia and the 10th most popular Malaysian Politician.
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Among politicians, Yusof Ishak ranks 7,713 out of 15,577. Before him are Philippe, Duke of Vendôme, Andries Pretorius, Ilija Garašanin, Zu Yi, Emperor Ai of Jin, and Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Emperor Go-En'yū, Maurice Yaméogo, Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, and Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat.
1655 - 1727
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 7,707
1798 - 1853
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 7,708
1812 - 1874
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 7,709
1600 BC - 1507 BC
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 7,710
341 - 365
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 7,711
1717 - 1785
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 7,712
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 7,713
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7,714
1359 - 1393
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7,715
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7,716
1265 - 1299
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7,717
1125 - 1157
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7,718
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7,719
Among people born in 1910, Yusof Ishak ranks 96. Before him are Giorgio Perlasca, Carmine Coppola, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Rudolf Lange, John W. Campbell, and Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli. After him are Hazi Aslanov, Fritz Leiber, Ngô Đình Nhu, Heinz Hoffmann, Jorge Negrete, and Sylvester Stadler. Among people deceased in 1970, Yusof Ishak ranks 88. Before him are George Szell, Friedrich Kellner, Tarjei Vesaas, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Eiji Tsuburaya, and John Barbirolli. After him are Lucien Goldmann, Albert Lamorisse, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Vera Brittain, Franz Schlegelberger, and Pedro Eugenio Aramburu.
1910 - 1992
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 90
1910 - 1991
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 91
1910 - 2009
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 92
1910 - 1945
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 93
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 94
1910 - 1975
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 95
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 96
1910 - 1945
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 97
1910 - 1992
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 98
1910 - 1963
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 99
1910 - 1985
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 100
1910 - 1953
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 101
1910 - 1995
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 102
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 82
1885 - 1970
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 83
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 84
1918 - 1970
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 85
1901 - 1970
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 86
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 87
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 88
1913 - 1970
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 89
1922 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 90
1918 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 91
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 92
1876 - 1970
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 93
1903 - 1970
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 94
Among people born in Malaysia, Yusof Ishak ranks 13 out of 74. Before him are Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Jimmy Choo (1948), Najib Razak (1953), and Abdullah of Pahang (1959). After him are Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796), and James Wan (1977).
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 7
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 12
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 13
1895 - 1960
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 14
1879 - 1960
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 15
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 17
1796 - 1854
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 18
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 19
Among politicians born in Malaysia, Yusof Ishak ranks 10. Before him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), and Abdullah of Pahang (1959). After him are Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), and Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943).
1922 - 1976
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 7
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 9
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 10
1895 - 1960
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 11
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 13
1932 - 2010
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 14
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 15
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 16