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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	96.2	0.0
#2	—	Naruhito	Japan	Historical Figures	90.4	22.6
#3	—	Genghis Khan	—	Historical Figures	89.3	0.8
#4	—	Charlemagne	—	Historical Figures	85.0	0.0
#5	—	Queen Victoria	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	82.9	0.0
#6	—	Cleopatra	Egypt	Historical Figures	82.6	0.0
#7	—	Timur	—	Historical Figures	81.3	1.8
#8	—	Akbar	—	Historical Figures	81.0	0.6
#9	—	Akihito	Japan	Historical Figures	77.6	5.9
#10	—	Cyrus the Great	—	Historical Figures	77.5	0.2
#11	—	Juan Carlos I of Spain	Spain	Historical Figures	77.4	15.7
#12	—	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor	—	Historical Figures	77.4	15.0
#13	—	Mehmed the Conqueror	Turkey	Historical Figures	76.9	15.6
#14	—	Nicholas II of Russia	—	Historical Figures	75.2	0.0
#15	—	Wilhelm II, German Emperor	Germany	Historical Figures	74.3	0.8
#16	—	George VI	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	73.7	1.6
#17	—	Alexander I of Russia	—	Historical Figures	73.6	15.0
#18	—	Louis XV of France	France	Historical Figures	72.8	26.2
#19	—	Ted Bundy	United States	Historical Figures	72.2	10.7
#20	—	Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden	Sweden	Historical Figures	71.8	23.8
#21	—	Henry VIII of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	71.5	0.0
#22	—	Harald V of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	71.3	29.5
#23	—	Hammurabi	—	Historical Figures	71.3	0.0
#24	—	Margrethe II of Denmark	—	Historical Figures	70.8	2.3
#25	—	Alexander III of Russia	—	Historical Figures	70.4	15.0
#26	—	Leopold II of Belgium	—	Historical Figures	70.0	27.3
#27	—	Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands	Netherlands	Historical Figures	69.2	0.8
#28	—	Empress Elisabeth of Austria	Germany	Historical Figures	69.1	16.8
#29	—	Edward VII	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	69.1	0.0
#30	—	Alfred the Great	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	68.9	2.1
#31	—	Mohammed VI of Morocco	—	Historical Figures	68.7	1.4
#32	—	Vajiralongkorn	—	Historical Figures	68.3	0.6
#33	—	Philip II of Macedon	—	Historical Figures	68.3	10.4
#34	—	Maria Theresa	Austria	Historical Figures	68.1	0.0
#35	—	Edward I of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	67.7	15.3
#36	—	Peter III of Russia	Germany	Historical Figures	67.1	15.0
#37	—	Henry II of England	France	Historical Figures	67.0	9.5
#38	—	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	—	Historical Figures	66.9	2.2
#39	—	Beatrix of the Netherlands	Netherlands	Historical Figures	66.8	0.0
#40	—	Henry VII of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	66.8	15.0
#41	—	Edward VI of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	66.8	1.6
#42	—	Ed Gein	United States	Historical Figures	66.7	2.2
#43	—	Edward III of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	66.6	9.3
#44	—	Shah Jahan	—	Historical Figures	66.3	0.0
#45	—	Theodoric the Great	—	Historical Figures	66.2	15.0
#46	—	William IV of the United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	66.2	0.0
#47	—	Louis the Pious	France	Historical Figures	66.1	8.0
#48	—	Pepin the Short	—	Historical Figures	66.0	15.5
#49	—	Oda Nobunaga	Japan	Historical Figures	66.0	10.0
#50	—	William I, German Emperor	Germany	Historical Figures	66.0	2.5
#51	—	Nebuchadnezzar II	—	Historical Figures	66.0	0.3
#52	—	Shaka	—	Historical Figures	65.9	0.5
#53	—	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi	—	Historical Figures	65.7	0.4
#54	—	Victor Emmanuel II of Italy	Italy	Historical Figures	65.6	15.7
#55	—	John, King of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	65.5	0.3
#56	—	Emperor Meiji	Japan	Historical Figures	65.4	0.0
#57	—	Catherine I of Russia	—	Historical Figures	65.3	19.6
#58	—	Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor	Austria	Historical Figures	65.2	3.9
#59	—	Cnut the Great	—	Historical Figures	65.2	22.6
#60	—	Bayezid II	Turkey	Historical Figures	65.1	10.6
#61	—	Charles VI of France	France	Historical Figures	65.0	13.8
#62	—	Charles XII of Sweden	Sweden	Historical Figures	64.9	15.8
#63	—	Robert the Bruce	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	64.9	1.3
#64	—	Aurangzeb	India	Historical Figures	64.7	0.0
#65	—	Clovis I	—	Historical Figures	64.7	0.2
#66	—	Spartacus	—	Historical Figures	64.7	0.0
#67	—	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Japan	Historical Figures	64.7	1.5
#68	—	Jack the Ripper	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	64.7	0.7
#69	—	Wilhelmina of the Netherlands	Netherlands	Historical Figures	64.6	15.0
#70	—	Edward II of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	64.6	16.3
#71	—	Ismail I	—	Historical Figures	64.6	1.8
#72	—	Edward IV of England	France	Historical Figures	64.6	15.0
#73	—	Victor Emmanuel III of Italy	Italy	Historical Figures	64.6	15.7
#74	—	Romulus Augustulus	—	Historical Figures	64.5	2.8
#75	—	Charles VII of France	France	Historical Figures	64.4	15.0
#76	—	Albert II of Belgium	—	Historical Figures	64.2	2.1
#77	—	Richard III of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	64.2	0.0
#78	—	Darius III	—	Historical Figures	64.1	15.2
#79	—	Æthelred the Unready	—	Historical Figures	64.1	25.0
#80	—	Richard II of England	France	Historical Figures	64.1	14.2
#81	—	Umberto I of Italy	Italy	Historical Figures	64.0	15.7
#82	—	George II of Great Britain	Germany	Historical Figures	64.0	0.0
#83	—	Ludwig II of Bavaria	Germany	Historical Figures	63.9	15.8
#84	—	Elizabeth Báthory	—	Historical Figures	63.7	15.0
#85	—	Zodiac Killer	United States	Historical Figures	63.5	1.6
#86	—	Elizabeth of Russia	—	Historical Figures	63.2	0.0
#87	—	Seleucus I Nicator	—	Historical Figures	63.1	15.0
#88	—	Charles V of France	France	Historical Figures	63.1	7.1
#89	—	Leopold III of Belgium	—	Historical Figures	63.0	9.5
#90	—	Christina, Queen of Sweden	Sweden	Historical Figures	63.0	0.2
#91	—	Henry IV of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	62.9	3.3
#92	—	Shivaji	India	Historical Figures	62.9	4.0
#93	—	Charles the Bald	—	Historical Figures	62.9	0.8
#94	—	Mehmet Ali Ağca	Turkey	Historical Figures	62.7	14.9
#95	—	Louis VIII of France	France	Historical Figures	62.7	16.7
#96	—	Godfrey of Bouillon	France	Historical Figures	62.7	19.5
#97	—	Olav V of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	62.6	20.5
#98	—	Philip IV of Spain	Spain	Historical Figures	62.5	0.8
#99	—	Haakon VII of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	62.5	16.2
#100	—	Sigismund III Vasa	Sweden	Historical Figures	62.4	16.1