1897 - 1969
Zakir Hussain Khan (8 February 1897 – 3 May 1969) was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the third president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. Born in Hyderabad in an Afridi Pashtun family, Husain completed his schooling in Etawah and went on to study at the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh and the University of Berlin from where he obtained a doctoral degree in economics. A close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Husain was a founding member of the Jamia Millia Islamia which was established as an independent national university in response to the Non-cooperation movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zakir Husain has received more than 216,257 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Zakir Husain is the 4,376th most popular politician (up from 5,720th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from India (up from 164th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Zakir Husain ranks 4,376 out of 15,577. Before him are Alberic II of Spoleto, Rafael del Riego, Miguel López de Legazpi, Diodotus Tryphon, Iry-Hor, and Boris II of Bulgaria. After him are Mōri Motonari, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prince Rahotep, Elena Glinskaya, Barham Salih, and Frederick the Simple.
911 - 954
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4,370
1784 - 1823
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4,371
1502 - 1572
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4,372
150 BC - 138 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 4,373
3101 BC - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,374
931 - 977
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,375
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,376
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,377
1692 - 1740
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,378
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4,379
1510 - 1538
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,380
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,381
1342 - 1377
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,382
Among people born in 1897, Zakir Husain ranks 59. Before him are Patrick Blackett, Virginia Henderson, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Ye Jianying, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, and Hans Baur. After him are Douglas Sirk, Vito Genovese, Theodor Busse, Marcel Petiot, Winifred Wagner, and Karl Löwith. Among people deceased in 1969, Zakir Husain ranks 43. Before him are Wacław Sierpiński, Walter Christaller, Raymond A. Spruance, Eberhard von Mackensen, Vjekoslav Luburić, and Allen Dulles. After him are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Vito Genovese, Li Zongren, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, and Enrique Ballestrero.
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 53
1897 - 1996
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 54
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 55
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 56
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 57
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 58
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 59
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 60
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 61
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 62
1897 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 63
1897 - 1980
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 64
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 65
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 37
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 38
1886 - 1969
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 39
1889 - 1969
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 40
1914 - 1969
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 41
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 42
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 43
1906 - 1969
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 44
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 45
1890 - 1969
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 46
1883 - 1969
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 47
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 48
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 49
Among people born in India, Zakir Husain ranks 142 out of 1,493. Before him are Ravidas (1450), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Madhvacharya (1199), Pratibha Patil (1934), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820). After him are Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantideva (685), Kittur Chennamma (1778), V. V. Giri (1894), and Green Boots (null).
1450 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 136
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 137
1199 - 1278
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 138
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 139
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 140
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 141
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 142
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 143
1887 - 1965
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 144
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 145
1778 - 1829
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 146
1894 - 1980
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 147
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 148
Among politicians born in India, Zakir Husain ranks 41. Before him are Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Mamnoon Hussain (1940), Pranab Mukherjee (1935), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), and Pratibha Patil (1934). After him are Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), V. V. Giri (1894), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671).
1621 - 1675
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 35
1159 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 36
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 37
1935 - 2020
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 38
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 39
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 40
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 41
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 42
1887 - 1965
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 43
1894 - 1980
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 44
1865 - 1928
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 45
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 46
1671 - 1748
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 47