1939 - Today
Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi (Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي, Malay pronunciation: [abdullah]; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. He was also the sixth president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest political party (at the time) in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary coalition. He is informally known as Pak Lah, Pak meaning 'Uncle' or 'Sir', while Lah is taken from his name 'Abdullah'. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has received more than 1,257,418 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is the 5,357th most popular politician (down from 4,519th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Malaysian Politician.
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Among politicians, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 5,357 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Go-Nijō, Emperor Sushun, Bermudo I of Asturias, John I, Duke of Alençon, Cicero Minor, and Princess Margaret of Denmark. After him are Ishbi-Erra, Bess Truman, Naftali Bennett, Ilona Zrínyi, Leo I of Galicia, and Jerzy Buzek.
1285 - 1308
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,351
520 - 592
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,352
750 - 797
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 5,353
1385 - 1415
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,354
65 BC - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,355
1895 - 1992
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,356
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,357
2100 BC - 2060 BC
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,358
1885 - 1982
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,359
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5,360
1643 - 1703
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 5,361
1228 - 1301
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 5,362
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 5,363
Among people born in 1939, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 92. Before him are Lee Majors, Leland H. Hartwell, Amancio Amaro, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Guntis Ulmanis, and Chandra Bahadur Dangi. After him are Lily Tomlin, Daniel C. Tsui, Scott McKenzie, Krzysztof Zanussi, Yaphet Kotto, and Carmen Salinas.
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 86
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 87
1939 - 2023
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 88
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 89
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 90
1939 - 2015
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 91
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 92
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 93
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 94
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 95
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 96
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 97
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 98
Among people born in Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 7 out of 74. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Michelle Yeoh (1962), and Abdul Razak Hussein (1922). After him are Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Jimmy Choo (1948), Najib Razak (1953), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), and Yusof Ishak (1910).
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
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ranks 5. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), and Abdul Razak Hussein (1922). After him are 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