1919 - 1969
Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (Somali: Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, Arabic: عبد الرشيد علي شارماركي) (8 June 1919 – 15 October 1969), also known as Abdirashid Shermarke, was Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 12 July 1960, to 14 June 1964, and President of Somali Republic from 6 July 1967, until his assassination on October 15, 1969. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdirashid Shermarke has received more than 118,755 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Abdirashid Shermarke is the 9,563rd most popular politician (up from 10,412th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 12th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Somali Politician.
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Among politicians, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 9,563 out of 15,577. Before him are Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Pieter Both, Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Iolu Abil, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, and José Félix Estigarribia. After him are Murad Giray, Nitta Yoshisada, Terry Sawchuk, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Tyti, and Frederick Abberline.
1519 - 1567
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,557
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,558
1653 - 1728
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,559
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,560
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,561
1888 - 1940
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,562
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,563
1627 - 1696
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,564
1301 - 1338
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,565
1929 - 1970
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,566
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,567
1150 BC - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 9,568
1843 - 1929
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 9,569
Among people born in 1919, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 121. Before him are Julia Robinson, Morteza Motahhari, Bernhard Wicki, Paul de Man, Artur Fischer, and Mad Mike Hoare. After him are Madalyn Murray O'Hair, G. E. M. Anscombe, Robert Stack, Doris Miller, Polina Gelman, and Hermann Bondi. Among people deceased in 1969, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 93. Before him are Aleksandras Stulginskis, André Salmon, Krzysztof Komeda, He Long, Leonard Woolf, and Ismail al-Azhari. After him are Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Georges Catroux, Iskander Mirza, John Wyndham, Aleksandr Deyneka, and José María Arguedas.
1919 - 1985
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 115
1919 - 1979
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 116
1919 - 2000
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 117
1919 - 1983
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 118
1919 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 119
1919 - 2020
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 120
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 121
1919 - 1995
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 122
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 123
1919 - 2003
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 124
1919 - 1943
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 125
1919 - 2005
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 126
1919 - 2005
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 127
1885 - 1969
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 87
1881 - 1969
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 88
1931 - 1969
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 89
1896 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 90
1880 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 91
1901 - 1969
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 92
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 93
1898 - 1969
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 94
1877 - 1969
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 95
1899 - 1969
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 96
1903 - 1969
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 97
1899 - 1969
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 98
1911 - 1969
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 99
Among people born in Somalia, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 10 out of 50. Before him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Iman (1955), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), and Aden Adde (1908). After him are Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969).
1506 - 1543
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 4
1916 - 2006
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5
1939 - 2021
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 6
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 7
1934 - 2012
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 8
1908 - 2007
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 9
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 10
1937 - 2020
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 12
1856 - 1920
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 14
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 15
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 16
Among politicians born in Somalia, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 8. Before him are Siad Barre (1919), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), and Aden Adde (1908). After him are Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964).
1919 - 1995
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2
1506 - 1543
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 3
1916 - 2006
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 4
1939 - 2021
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 5
1934 - 2012
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 6
1908 - 2007
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 7
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 8
1937 - 2020
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 11
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 12
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 13
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 14