diff --git a/django/core/paginator.py b/django/core/paginator.py
index 6e01c1ccec..f4941cb678 100644
--- a/django/core/paginator.py
+++ b/django/core/paginator.py
@@ -54,6 +54,26 @@ class ObjectPaginator:
     def has_previous_page(self, page_number):
         return page_number > 0
 
+    def first_on_page(self, page_number):
+        """
+        Returns the 1-based index of the first object on the given page,
+        relative to total objects found (hits).
+        """
+        if page_number == 0:
+            return 1
+        return (self.num_per_page * page_number) + 1
+
+    def last_on_page(self, page_number):
+        """
+        Returns the 1-based index of the last object on the given page,
+        relative to total objects found (hits).
+        """
+        if page_number == 0 and self.num_per_page >= self._hits:
+            return self._hits
+        elif page_number == (self._pages - 1) and (page_number + 1) * self.num_per_page > self._hits:
+            return self._hits
+        return (page_number + 1) * self.num_per_page
+
     def _get_hits(self):
         if self._hits is None:
             self._hits = self.query_set.count()
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py b/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py
index fa45616b52..3667c84d69 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/pagination/models.py
@@ -55,4 +55,13 @@ False
 >>> paginator.has_previous_page(1)
 True
 
+>>> paginator.first_on_page(0)
+1
+>>> paginator.first_on_page(1)
+6
+>>> paginator.last_on_page(0)
+5
+>>> paginator.last_on_page(1)
+9
+
 """