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Fa Ngum

1316 - 1393

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Fa Ngum (Lao: ຟ້າງູ່ມ [fâː ŋūːm]; 1316 – 1393), also called Somdech Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja (Lao: ສົມເດັຈ ພຣະຍາ ຟ້າ ລ້າທໍຣນີ ສຣີສັຕຕນາ ຄນາຫຸຕ ມຫາຣາຊ), was the founder of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang in 1353. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2024). Fa Ngum is the 7,222nd most popular politician (down from 5,050th in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from Laos (down from 5th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Laotian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fa Ngum ranks 7,222 out of 19,576. Before her are Charles, Prince Napoléon, Mithridates II of Pontus, Hong Tianguifu, Alexios Komnenos, Konstanty Ostrogski, and Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. After her are Taimur bin Feisal, Antoine Gizenga, Shirley Chisholm, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, John C. Calhoun, and Dimitrije Ljotić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1316, Fa Ngum ranks 11. Before her are Simeon of Moscow, Blanche of Valois, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Albert of Saxony, Choe Yeong, and Süleyman Pasha. After her is John Barbour. Among people deceased in 1393, Fa Ngum ranks 7. Before her are John of Nepomuk, Elizabeth of Pomerania, John I, Count of La Marche, Leo V, King of Armenia, Emperor Go-En'yū, and Bagrat V of Georgia. After her is Frederick, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Laos

Among people born in Laos, Fa Ngum ranks 9 out of 22. Before her are Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Souphanouvong (1909), Sisavang Vatthana (1907), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Souvanna Phouma (1901), and Sisavang Vong (1885). After her are Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (1944), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), Boun Oum (1912), and Anouvong (1767).

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Among POLITICIANS In Laos

Among politicians born in Laos, Fa Ngum ranks 9. Before her are Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Souphanouvong (1909), Sisavang Vatthana (1907), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Souvanna Phouma (1901), and Sisavang Vong (1885). After her are Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), Boun Oum (1912), Anouvong (1767), and Phoumi Vongvichit (1909).

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