1952 - 2012
Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi ( Arabic: عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ʿAbdu l-Bāsiṭ Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Maqraḥī; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer. On 31 January 2001, Megrahi was convicted, by a panel of three Scottish judges sitting in a special court at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, of 270 counts of murder for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has received more than 805,753 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is the 14,703rd most popular politician (down from 13,434th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Libya and the 29th most popular Libyan Politician.
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Among politicians, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 14,703 out of 15,577. Before him are Oleh Tyahnybok, Arnaldo Otegi, Charles Sumner, George-Étienne Cartier, Victor Ciorbea, and Dolly Buster. After him are Oswulf of Northumbria, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Folke Rogard, Berthold Englisch, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, and Charles Townshend.
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 14,697
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 14,698
1811 - 1874
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 14,699
1814 - 1873
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 14,700
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 14,701
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 14,702
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 14,703
800 - 759
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 14,704
1892 - 1978
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 14,705
1899 - 1973
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 14,706
1851 - 1897
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 14,707
1928 - 2023
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 14,708
1725 - 1767
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 14,709
Among people born in 1952, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 428. Before him are Michael McDonald, Mario Theissen, Pierluigi Pairetto, David Garrison, Hasse Backe, and Lorna Luft. After him are Kevin Kelly, Veerappan, Carsten Jensen, Wojciech Fortuna, James P. Bagian, and Marcella Bella. Among people deceased in 2012, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 345. Before him are Bill Moggridge, Ralph McQuarrie, Corrie Sanders, Heino Kruus, Margaret Osborne duPont, and Susan Tyrrell. After him are Klaus Schütz, Keith Campbell, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Jacqueline Mazéas, Héctor Camacho, and Finn Pedersen.
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 422
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 423
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 424
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 425
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 426
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 427
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 428
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 429
1952 - 2004
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 430
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 431
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 432
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 433
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 434
1943 - 2012
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 339
1929 - 2012
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 340
1966 - 2012
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 341
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 342
1918 - 2012
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 343
1945 - 2012
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 344
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 345
1926 - 2012
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 346
1954 - 2012
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 347
1932 - 2012
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 348
1920 - 2012
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 349
1962 - 2012
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 350
1925 - 2012
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 351
Among people born in Libya, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 52 out of 64. Before him are Arcesilaus I of Cyrene (-637), Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921), Muhammad Gaddafi (1970), Muhammad az-Zanati (1944), Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi (1975), and Ibrahim Kuni (1948). After him are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (1952), Muhammad Sakizli (1892), Ali Treki (1937), Abu Anas al-Libi (1964), and Khamis Gaddafi (1983).
637 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 46
1921 - 2003
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 47
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 48
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 49
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 50
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 51
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 52
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 53
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 54
1892 - 1976
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 55
1937 - 2015
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 56
1964 - 2015
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 57
1983 - 2011
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 58
Among politicians born in Libya, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 29. Before him are Ayesha Gaddafi (1976), Arcesilaus I of Cyrene (-637), Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921), Muhammad Gaddafi (1970), Muhammad az-Zanati (1944), and Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi (1975). After him are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (1952), Muhammad Sakizli (1892), Ali Treki (1937), Khamis Gaddafi (1983), and Nouri Abusahmain (2000).
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 23
637 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 24
1921 - 2003
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 26
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 27
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 28
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 29
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 30
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 31
1892 - 1976
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 32
1937 - 2015
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 33
1983 - 2011
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 34
2000 - Present
HPI: 40.44
Rank: 35