1916 - 1994
Giani Zail Singh (, born Jarnail Singh; 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987 and 9th Chief Minister of Punjab. He was the first Sikh to become president. Born in Sandhwan in the princely state of Faridkot, Singh trained to be a granthi and was given the title of giani, meaning a learned man, while training at the Sikh Missionary School in Amritsar. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zail Singh has received more than 1,551,015 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Zail Singh is the 9,010th most popular politician (up from 9,618th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from India (up from 314th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Zail Singh ranks 9,010 out of 15,577. Before him are Archidamus IV, Lazar Mojsov, Floris II, Count of Holland, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Ahn Changho, and Liu Bocheng. After him are Dan I of Wallachia, Prince William of Baden, Alfred Józef Potocki, Katō Tomosaburō, Sabin of Bulgaria, and Georges Cadoudal.
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,004
1920 - 2011
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,005
1091 - 1121
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,006
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,007
1876 - 1938
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,008
1892 - 1986
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,009
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,010
1354 - 1386
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,011
1829 - 1897
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,012
1817 - 1889
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,013
1861 - 1923
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,014
800 - 766
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,015
1771 - 1804
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 9,016
Among people born in 1916, Zail Singh ranks 114. Before him are John Basilone, Unica Zürn, Archie Moore, Edmundo Suárez, Julian Rotter, and Arno Peters. After him are Walter Cronkite, Harold Robbins, Sangoulé Lamizana, Ruth Handler, Ramón José Velásquez, and Morris West. Among people deceased in 1994, Zail Singh ranks 129. Before him are Lindsay Anderson, Massimo Troisi, Olga Rubtsova, Roy J. Plunkett, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, and Anni Albers. After him are Antoine Pinay, Haim Bar-Lev, Jean Carmet, Billy Wright, Leonid Leonov, and Giovanni Spadolini.
1916 - 1945
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 108
1916 - 1970
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 109
1916 - 1998
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 110
1916 - 1978
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 111
1916 - 2014
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 112
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 113
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 114
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 115
1916 - 1997
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 116
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 117
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1916 - 2014
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 119
1916 - 1999
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 120
1923 - 1994
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 123
1953 - 1994
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 124
1909 - 1994
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 125
1910 - 1994
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 126
1906 - 1994
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 127
1899 - 1994
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 128
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 129
1891 - 1994
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 130
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 131
1920 - 1994
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 132
1924 - 1994
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 133
1899 - 1994
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 134
1925 - 1994
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 135
Among people born in India, Zail Singh ranks 305 out of 1,493. Before him are Gupta (240), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), M. Karunanidhi (1924), Chittaranjan Das (1869), Baba Amte (1914), and Guru Hargobind (1595). After him are Nargis (1929), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), and Sumitranandan Pant (1900).
240 - 280
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 299
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 300
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 301
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 302
1914 - 2008
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 303
1595 - 1644
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 304
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 305
1929 - 1981
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 306
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 307
1871 - 1951
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 308
1887 - 1961
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 309
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 310
1900 - 1977
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 311
Among politicians born in India, Zail Singh ranks 99. Before him are Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Birbal (1528), Rajaram I (1670), Gupta (240), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), and Guru Hargobind (1595). After him are Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Jahanara Begum (1614), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Chandra Shekhar (1927), and Rana Sanga (1482).
1900 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 93
1528 - 1586
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 94
1670 - 1700
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 95
240 - 280
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 96
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 97
1595 - 1644
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 98
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 99
1887 - 1961
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 100
1914 - 2012
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 101
1614 - 1681
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 102
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 103
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 104
1482 - 1528
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 105