1927 - 2017
Al-Mu’tassimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (Jawi: المرحوم السلطان المعتصم بالله محب الدين توانکو الحاج عبدالحليم معظم شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان بدلي شاه; 28 November 1927 – 11 September 2017) was the 28th Sultan of Kedah from 1958 until his death in 2017, the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1970 to 1975, and again as the fourteenth from 2011 to 2016. He was the first and only ruler to reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong twice, as well as the oldest elected to the office. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Halim of Kedah has received more than 1,057,149 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Abdul Halim of Kedah is the 3,978th most popular politician (up from 4,179th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Malaysia and the 3rd most popular Malaysian Politician.
Abdul Halim of Kedah is most famous for being the Sultan of Kedah from 1938 to 1970.
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Among politicians, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 3,978 out of 15,577. Before him are Saloninus, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Emperor Yuan of Jin, Antigonus III Doson, Hypereides, and Eumenes I. After him are Ma Ying-jeou, Milada Horáková, Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Ashikaga Takauji, Moncef Marzouki, and Ivanoe Bonomi.
242 - 260
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 3,972
1647 - 1717
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 3,973
276 - 323
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 3,974
263 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3,975
390 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3,976
250 BC - 241 BC
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3,977
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3,978
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3,979
1901 - 1950
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3,980
1285 - 1320
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3,981
1305 - 1358
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 3,982
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 3,983
1873 - 1951
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 3,984
Among people born in 1927, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 64. Before him are Jacques Mayol, Maurice Ronet, Raúl Alfonsín, Leszek Kołakowski, Romano Mussolini, and F. Sherwood Rowland. After him are Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Margot Honecker, Herbert Blomstedt, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Vernon L. Smith, and Narciso Yepes. Among people deceased in 2017, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 64. Before him are Giovanni Sartori, Oliver Smithies, Derek Walcott, Pierre Bergé, Jacque Fresco, and Michael Nyqvist. After him are John Heard, Hans Rosling, Piet Keizer, Roger Ailes, John Berger, and Jake LaMotta.
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 58
1927 - 1983
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 59
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 60
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 61
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 62
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 63
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 64
1927 - 2013
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 65
1927 - 2016
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 66
1927 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 67
1927 - 2013
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 68
1927 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 69
1927 - 1997
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 70
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 58
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 59
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 60
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 61
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 62
1960 - 2017
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 63
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 64
1946 - 2017
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 65
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 66
1943 - 2017
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 67
1940 - 2017
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 68
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 69
1922 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 70
Among people born in Malaysia, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 4 out of 74. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), and Michael Gough (1916). After him are Michelle Yeoh (1962), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Jimmy Choo (1948), Najib Razak (1953), and Abdullah of Pahang (1959).
1925 - Present
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 1
1903 - 1990
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 2
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 3
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 4
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 5
1922 - 1976
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 6
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 7
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 3. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925) and Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903). After him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Yusof Ishak (1910), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), and Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930).
1925 - Present
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 1
1903 - 1990
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 2
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3
1922 - 1976
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 7
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 9
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 10
1895 - 1960
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 11
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12