1936 - 1981
Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination. He was the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and served as its chairman until his assassination. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ziaur Rahman has received more than 1,555,577 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ziaur Rahman is the 8,086th most popular politician (up from 8,381st in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 13th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bangladeshi Politician.
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Among politicians, Ziaur Rahman ranks 8,086 out of 15,577. Before him are Catherine I, Latin Empress, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Arpa Ke'un, and William Hamilton. After him are Prince Álmos, Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, and José Mendes Cabeçadas.
1274 - 1307
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 8,080
1877 - 1960
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 8,081
1947 - 2012
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 8,082
1676 - 1732
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,083
1300 - 1336
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,084
1730 - 1803
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,085
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,086
1070 - 1127
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,087
1000 - 1078
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,088
1890 - 1972
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,089
1831 - 1873
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,090
1662 - 1728
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,091
1883 - 1965
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,092
Among people born in 1936, Ziaur Rahman ranks 158. Before him are Bobby Darin, Siw Malmkvist, Darlene Hard, Annette Stroyberg, Abbie Hoffman, and Glenn Murcutt. After him are Han Seung-soo, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Adem Demaçi, Amr Moussa, Volodymyr Holubnychy, and Savitri. Among people deceased in 1981, Ziaur Rahman ranks 71. Before him are Lotte Reiniger, Kirill Kondrashin, Yakov Pavlov, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nelson Algren, and D. R. Bendre. After him are Giuseppe Pella, Ferruccio Parri, Melvyn Douglas, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Savitri, and Helmut Gröttrup.
1936 - 1973
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 152
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 153
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 154
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 155
1936 - 1989
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 156
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 157
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 158
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 159
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 160
1936 - 2018
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 161
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 162
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 163
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 164
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 65
1914 - 1981
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 66
1917 - 1981
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 67
1897 - 1981
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 68
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 69
1896 - 1981
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 70
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 71
1902 - 1981
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 72
1890 - 1981
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 73
1901 - 1981
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 74
1901 - 1981
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 75
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 76
1916 - 1981
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 77
Among people born in Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman ranks 11 out of 57. Before him are Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858), Sheikh Hasina (1947), William Beveridge (1879), Chandragupta I (250), Sri Chinmoy (1931), and Zillur Rahman (1929). After him are Meghnad Saha (1893), Begum Rokeya (1880), Anandamayi Ma (1896), Mahasweta Devi (1926), Mir Jafar (1691), and Iajuddin Ahmed (1931).
1858 - 1937
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 6
1879 - 1963
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 7
250 - 335
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 8
1931 - 2007
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 9
1929 - 2013
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 10
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 11
1893 - 1956
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 12
1880 - 1932
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 13
1896 - 1982
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 14
1926 - 2016
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 15
1691 - 1765
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 16
1931 - 2012
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman ranks 6. Before him are Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920), Abdul Hamid (1944), Sheikh Hasina (1947), Chandragupta I (250), and Zillur Rahman (1929). After him are Mir Jafar (1691), Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), and Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930).
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 3
250 - 335
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 4
1929 - 2013
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 5
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 6
1691 - 1765
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 7
1931 - 2012
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 8
1894 - 1964
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 9
1918 - 1996
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 10
1873 - 1962
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 11
1930 - 2022
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 12