1876 - 1930
Zewditu (Ge'ez: ዘውዲቱ, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 until her death in 1930. The first female head of an internationally recognized country in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the first and only empress regnant of the Ethiopian Empire, her reign was noted for the reforms of her Regent and designated heir Ras Tafari Makonnen (who succeeded her as Emperor Haile Selassie I), about which she was at best ambivalent and often stridently opposed, due to her staunch conservatism and strong religious devotion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zewditu has received more than 679,768 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Zewditu is the 967th most popular politician (up from 1,200th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Ethiopia and the 2nd most popular Ethiopian Politician.
Zewditu was the Empress of Ethiopia from 1916-1930. She was the last monarch to rule Ethiopia before it became a republic.
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Among politicians, Zewditu ranks 967 out of 15,577. Before her are Guangxu Emperor, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Constantine II, Ferdinand I of Romania, Abolhassan Banisadr, and Casimir III the Great. After her are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Pedro II of Brazil, False Dmitry I, and Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
1871 - 1908
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 961
1923 - 1970
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 962
316 - 340
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 963
1865 - 1927
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 964
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 965
1310 - 1370
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 966
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 967
1710 - 1771
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 968
1843 - 1912
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 969
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 970
1825 - 1891
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 971
1581 - 1606
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 972
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 973
Among people born in 1876, Zewditu ranks 9. Before her are Konrad Adenauer, Mata Hari, Erich Raeder, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Wilhelm Pieck, and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. After her are Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, Manuel de Falla, Alexander I of Serbia, Willis Carrier, and 13th Dalai Lama. Among people deceased in 1930, Zewditu ranks 7. Before her are Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Wegener, Fridtjof Nansen, Ilya Repin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and William Howard Taft. After her are Allvar Gullstrand, Cosima Wagner, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Christiaan Eijkman, Victoria of Baden, and Fritz Pregl.
1876 - 1967
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 3
1876 - 1917
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 4
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 5
1876 - 1956
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 6
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 7
1876 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 8
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 9
1876 - 1957
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 10
1876 - 1973
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 11
1876 - 1946
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 12
1876 - 1903
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 13
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 14
1876 - 1933
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 15
1859 - 1930
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 1
1880 - 1930
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 2
1861 - 1930
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 3
1844 - 1930
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 4
1893 - 1930
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 5
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 6
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 7
1862 - 1930
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 8
1837 - 1930
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 9
1870 - 1930
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 10
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 11
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 12
1869 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 13
Among people born in Ethiopia, Zewditu ranks 3 out of 89. Before her are Haile Selassie (1892) and Abebe Bikila (1932). After her are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), and Tewodros II (1818).
1892 - 1975
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 1
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 2
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 4
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 5
954 BC - 930 BC
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 6
320 - 400
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 7
1895 - 1935
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 10
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 11
1818 - 1868
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Zewditu ranks 2. Before her are Haile Selassie (1892). After her are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Tewodros II (1818), Meles Zenawi (1955), and Amha Selassie (1916).
1892 - 1975
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 1
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 2
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 3
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 4
954 BC - 930 BC
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 5
1895 - 1935
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 8
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 9
1818 - 1868
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 10
1955 - 2012
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 11
1916 - 1997
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 12