Chess Player

Lajos Portisch

1937 - today

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Lajos Portisch

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Lajos Portisch is the 55th most popular chess player (down from 53rd in 2024), the 225th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 251st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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Among Chess Players

Among chess players, Lajos Portisch ranks 55 out of 461. Before him are Olga Rubtsova, Nigel Short, Gioachino Greco, Yuri Averbakh, Mir Sultan Khan, and Henry Bird. After him are Andor Lilienthal, Dawid Janowski, Carl Schlechter, Géza Maróczy, Pedro Damiano, and Salo Flohr.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

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Olga Rubtsova
1909 - 1994
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 49
Nigel Short
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 50
Gioachino Greco
1590 - 1630
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 51
Yuri Averbakh
1922 - 2022
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 52
Mir Sultan Khan
1905 - 1966
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 53
Henry Bird
1830 - 1908
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 54
Lajos Portisch
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 55
Andor Lilienthal
1911 - 2010
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 56
Dawid Janowski
1868 - 1927
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 57
Carl Schlechter
1874 - 1918
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 58
Géza Maróczy
1870 - 1951
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 59
Pedro Damiano
1480 - 1544
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 60
Salo Flohr
1908 - 1983
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 61

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Lajos Portisch ranks 132. Before him are Olusegun Obasanjo, Billy Meier, Robert B. Wilson, Joseph Kobzon, Bella Akhmadulina, and Emerich Jenei. After him are Naji al-Ali, Baden Powell, Lawrence Roberts, Tony Burton, Billy Dee Williams, and Audrys Bačkis.

Others Born in 1937

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Olusegun Obasanjo
POLITICIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 126
Billy Meier
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 127
Robert B. Wilson
ECONOMIST
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 128
Joseph Kobzon
SINGER
1937 - 2018
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 129
Bella Akhmadulina
WRITER
1937 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 130
Emerich Jenei
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2025
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 131
Lajos Portisch
CHESS PLAYER
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 132
Naji al-Ali
PAINTER
1937 - 1987
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 133
Baden Powell
MUSICIAN
1937 - 2000
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 134
Lawrence Roberts
BUSINESSPERSON
1937 - 2018
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 135
Tony Burton
ACTOR
1937 - 2016
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 136
Billy Dee Williams
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 137
Audrys Bačkis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 138

In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Lajos Portisch ranks 225 out of NaN. Before him are Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), Teddy Kollek (1911), Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870), Arpad Elo (1903), Ingenuus (200), and Klára Dán von Neumann (1911). After him are Paul Lukas (1894), Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), Hans Swarowsky (1899), László Bárdossy (1890), Chaka of Bulgaria (1210), and László Krasznahorkai (1954).

Others born in Hungary

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Rudolf E. Kálmán
MATHEMATICIAN
1930 - 2016
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 219
Teddy Kollek
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2007
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 220
Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1870 - 1955
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 221
Arpad Elo
PHYSICIST
1903 - 1992
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 222
Ingenuus
POLITICIAN
200 - 260
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 223
Klára Dán von Neumann
MATHEMATICIAN
1911 - 1963
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 224
Lajos Portisch
CHESS PLAYER
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 225
Paul Lukas
ACTOR
1894 - 1971
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 226
Kálmán Kalocsay
PHYSICIAN
1891 - 1976
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 227
Hans Swarowsky
COMPOSER
1899 - 1975
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 228
László Bárdossy
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1946
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 229
Chaka of Bulgaria
POLITICIAN
1210 - 1300
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 230
László Krasznahorkai
WRITER
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 231