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Abdel Hakim Amer

1919 - 1967

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Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer (Egyptian Arabic: محمد عبد الحكيم عامر, IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd ʕæbdelħæˈkiːm ˈʕæːmeɾ]; 11 December 1919 – 13 September 1967), better known as Abdel Hakim Amer, was an Egyptian military officer and politician. Amer served in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and played a leading role in the military coup that overthrew King Farouk in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdel Hakim Amer has received more than 335,016 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Abdel Hakim Amer is the 4,026th most popular politician (up from 6,716th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 284th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Egyptian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdel Hakim Amer ranks 4,026 out of 19,576Before him are Zhelyu Zhelev, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal, Aleksander Čeferin, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Fujiko Fujio, and Manuel Belgrano. After him are Ladislaus II of Hungary, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Kenneth III of Scotland, Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, Esen Taishi, and Macbeth, King of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Abdel Hakim Amer ranks 44Before him are Jennifer Jones, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jackie Robinson, Pete Seeger, Georges Duby, and Charles Sweeney. After him are Godfrey Hounsfield, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Siad Barre, Donald J. Cram, Chavela Vargas, and Martin Balsam. Among people deceased in 1967, Abdel Hakim Amer ranks 45Before him are Ejnar Hertzsprung, Vladimir Bartol, Violeta Parra, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Otis Redding, and Joseph Pilates. After him are Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Luigi Tenco, Anthony Mann, Hugo Gernsback, Forough Farrokhzad, and Lorenzo Bandini.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Abdel Hakim Amer ranks 200 out of 642Before him are John Philoponus (490), Al-Mutawakkil III (1500), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600), and Dionysius Thrax (-170). After him are Farida of Egypt (1921), Tetisheri (-1600), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), Osorkon I (-1000), Bintanath (-1300), and Alia Al-Hussein (1948).

Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Abdel Hakim Amer ranks 93Before him are Al-Ashraf Khalil (1260), Intef III (-2050), Tewfik Pasha (1852), Al-Adid (1149), Al-Mutawakkil III (1500), and Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600). After him are Tetisheri (-1600), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), Osorkon I (-1000), Jehan Sadat (1933), Ahmed ‘Urabi (1841), and Pentawer (-1173).