Politician

Haile Selassie

1892 - 1975

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Haile Selassie

His biography is available in 102 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2024). Haile Selassie is the 83rd most popular politician (up from 771st in 2024), the most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Haile Selassie is most famous for being the emperor of Ethiopia and leading his country to independence from Italy.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Haile Selassie ranks 83 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis XV of France, William IV of the United Kingdom, Edward IV of England, Cyrus the Great, Peter the Great, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. After him are Hammurabi, Ho Chi Minh, Ögedei Khan, Hannibal, Solon, and George IV of the United Kingdom.

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Louis XV of France
1710 - 1774
HPI: 86.93
Rank: 77
William IV of the United Kingdom
1765 - 1837
HPI: 86.91
Rank: 78
Edward IV of England
1442 - 1483
HPI: 86.91
Rank: 79
Cyrus the Great
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 86.91
Rank: 80
Peter the Great
1672 - 1725
HPI: 86.89
Rank: 81
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1876 - 1948
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 82
Haile Selassie
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 83
Hammurabi
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 86.84
Rank: 84
Ho Chi Minh
1890 - 1969
HPI: 86.64
Rank: 85
Ögedei Khan
1185 - 1241
HPI: 86.62
Rank: 86
Hannibal
247 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 86.62
Rank: 87
Solon
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 86.59
Rank: 88
George IV of the United Kingdom
1762 - 1830
HPI: 86.56
Rank: 89

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Haile Selassie ranks 2. Before him is J. R. R. Tolkien. After him are Josip Broz Tito, Francisco Franco, Edward Victor Appleton, Louis de Broglie, Mary Pickford, Ivo Andrić, Walter Benjamin, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, and Manfred von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1975, Haile Selassie ranks 1. After him are Chiang Kai-shek, Francisco Franco, Hannah Arendt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ivo Andrić, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Umm Kulthum, Aristotle Onassis, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Robert Robinson, and Otto Skorzeny.

Others Born in 1892

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J. R. R. Tolkien
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 1
Haile Selassie
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 2
Josip Broz Tito
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1980
HPI: 86.53
Rank: 3
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 4
Edward Victor Appleton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1965
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 5
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 6
Mary Pickford
ACTOR
1892 - 1979
HPI: 81.55
Rank: 7
Ivo Andrić
WRITER
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 8
Walter Benjamin
PHILOSOPHER
1892 - 1940
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 9
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
COMPANION
1892 - 1989
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 10
Pearl S. Buck
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 11
Manfred von Richthofen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1918
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 12