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Dihya

Berber queen who resisted the Umayyad conquest of the Maghreb

700 - 601

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Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Dihya is the 2,529th most popular politician (down from 2,100th in 2024), the 16th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 17th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Algerian Politician.

Dihya is most famous for being the first woman to rebel against the French occupation of Algeria. She led a group of Algerian women in an attack on French soldiers, which resulted in her capture and execution.

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#7,993

More than 14 centuries after death, Dihya still holds rank #7,993 among all individuals in Pantheon.

3,508

Dihya is one of only 3,508 women among the 19,576 Politicians in Pantheon.

39

Dihya's biography appears in 39 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 82% of all Politicians.

Jan 1

Dihya shares a January 1 birthday with Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Peter, and Laozi.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Dihya ranks 2,528 out of 19,576. Before her are Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Nogai Khan, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, and Jacobo Árbenz. After her are Empress Suiko, Yekuno Amlak, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, John VII Palaiologos, and Bernardo O'Higgins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Dihya ranks 9. Before her are Pope Gregory III, Anastasios II, Theodosius III, Philippikos Bardanes, Pope Paul I, and Tiberius III. After her are Wahshi ibn Harb, Antipope Paschal, Plectrude, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, and Abdullah ibn Saba'. Among people deceased in 601, Dihya ranks 1. After her are Reccared I, Bertha of Kent, and Ariulf of Spoleto.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Dihya ranks 16 out of 213. Before her are Louis Althusser (1918), Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Juba II (-52), and Emir Abdelkader (1808). After her are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Martianus Capella (360), and Ferhat Abbas (1899).

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Among Politicians In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Dihya ranks 7. Before her are Macrinus (164), Jugurtha (-160), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Juba II (-52), and Emir Abdelkader (1808). After her are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Ferhat Abbas (1899), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), and Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9).

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