1910 - 1999
Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd Allāh bin Bāz; 21 November 1912 – 13 May 1999), popularly known as Bin Baz or Ibn Baz, was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who served as the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999. According to French political scientist Gilles Kepel, ibn Baz was a "figurehead" whose "immense religious erudition and his reputation for intransigence" gave him prestige among the population of Saudi Arabia. He "could reinforce the Saud family's policies through his influence with the masses of believers". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz has received more than 620,908 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz is the 4,521st most popular politician (down from 3,762nd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 101st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.
Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz is most famous for his work as a mufti, or Islamic scholar. He was a member of the Council of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia and the chairman of the Standing Committee for Scientific Research and Issuing Fatwas.
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Among politicians, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 4,521 out of 15,577. Before him are Terauchi Masatake, Conrad Hilton, Hōjō Masako, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Birger, King of Sweden, and Ottokar Czernin. After him are Salvius Julianus, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Georgios Papandreou, Emperor Ankan, Thaïs, and Eutropius.
1852 - 1919
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 4,515
1887 - 1979
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 4,516
1156 - 1225
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 4,517
1284 - 1312
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4,518
1280 - 1321
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4,519
1872 - 1932
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4,520
1910 - 1999
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4,521
115 - 170
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4,522
931 - 975
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4,523
1888 - 1968
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 4,524
466 - 536
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 4,525
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 4,526
400 - 399
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 4,527
Among people born in 1910, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 57. Before him are Shunichi Kumai, Miguel Najdorf, Dorothy Vaughan, Imi Lichtenfeld, Tjalling Koopmans, and J. Allen Hynek. After him are Pavel Batitsky, Sergey Gorshkov, Edda Mussolini, Said bin Taimur, Francisco Varallo, and Karel Zeman. Among people deceased in 1999, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 44. Before him are Henry Way Kendall, Henri, Count of Paris, Nathalie Sarraute, Oliver Reed, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Daniel Nathans. After him are Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, George C. Scott, John F. Kennedy Jr., Edward Dmytryk, Fabrizio De André, and Joe D'Amato.
1910 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 51
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 52
1910 - 2008
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 53
1910 - 1998
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 54
1910 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 55
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 56
1910 - 1999
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 57
1910 - 1984
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 58
1910 - 1988
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 59
1910 - 1995
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 60
1910 - 1972
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 61
1910 - 2010
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 62
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 63
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 38
1908 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 39
1900 - 1999
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 40
1938 - 1999
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 41
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 42
1928 - 1999
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 43
1910 - 1999
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 44
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 45
1927 - 1999
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 46
1960 - 1999
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 47
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 48
1940 - 1999
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 49
1936 - 1999
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 50
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 116 out of 251. Before him are Ubayy ibn Ka'b (600), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Wasil ibn Ata (700), Ali of Hejaz (1879), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null). After him are Al-Khansa (575), Al-Waqidi (747), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), and Al-Waleed bin Talal (1955).
600 - 649
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 110
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 111
700 - 748
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 112
1879 - 1935
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 113
525 - 615
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 114
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 115
1910 - 1999
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 116
575 - 645
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 117
747 - 823
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 118
554 - 674
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 119
616 - 684
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 120
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 121
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 122
Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 37. Before him are Ghazi of Iraq (1912), Al-Wathiq (812), Abbas I of Egypt (1816), Empress Jitō (645), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), and Ali of Hejaz (1879). After him are Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Al-Mughira (600), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (null), and Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930).
1912 - 1939
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 31
812 - 847
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 32
1816 - 1854
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 33
645 - 703
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 34
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 35
1879 - 1935
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 36
1910 - 1999
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 37
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 38
600 - 701
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 39
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 40
1850 - 1928
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 41
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 42
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 43