1899 - 1992
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( AH-boo al KAH-sim al KHOO-ee; Arabic: أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; Persian: ابوالقاسم موسوی خویی; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential twelver scholars. After the death of Muhsin al-Hakim in 1970, he became the spiritual leader of much of the Shia world until his death in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei has received more than 294,406 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei is the 210th most popular social activist (down from 200th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Iran (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei ranks 210 out of 538. Before him are Wat Tyler, Sojourner Truth, Guillaume Cale, Luisa Cuesta, Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, and Hrant Dink. After him are Sergei Kovalev, Vandana Shiva, C. Rajagopalachari, Jacques Vergès, Huber Matos, and David Lane.
1341 - 1381
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 204
1797 - 1883
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 205
1350 - 1358
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 206
1920 - 2018
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 207
995 - 1059
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 208
1954 - 2007
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 209
1899 - 1992
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 210
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 211
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 212
1878 - 1972
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 213
1924 - 2013
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 214
1918 - 2014
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 215
1938 - 2007
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 216
Among people born in 1899, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei ranks 75. Before him are Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Hayato Ikeda, Walter Lantz, Michał Kalecki, Adam Rainer, and Ida Kamińska. After him are Alma Reville, Pavel Haas, Irving Thalberg, Artur da Costa e Silva, Nikolay Voronov, and Akim Tamiroff. Among people deceased in 1992, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei ranks 68. Before him are Väinö Linna, Nathan Milstein, Larbi Benbarek, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Nureddin al-Atassi, and Heinrich Eberbach. After him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Banine, Deng Yingchao, Jânio Quadros, Koča Popović, and Yang Kyoungjong.
1899 - 1977
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 69
1899 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 70
1899 - 1994
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 71
1899 - 1970
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 72
1899 - 1950
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 73
1899 - 1980
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 74
1899 - 1992
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 75
1899 - 1982
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 76
1899 - 1944
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 77
1899 - 1936
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 78
1899 - 1969
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 79
1899 - 1968
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 80
1899 - 1972
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 81
1920 - 1992
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 62
1902 - 1992
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 63
1914 - 1992
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 64
1908 - 1992
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 65
1929 - 1992
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 66
1895 - 1992
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 67
1899 - 1992
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 68
1916 - 1992
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 69
1905 - 1992
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 70
1904 - 1992
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 71
1917 - 1992
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 72
1908 - 1992
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 73
1920 - 1992
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 74
Among people born in Iran, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei ranks 186 out of 528. Before him are Táhirih (1817), Sinatruces of Parthia (-157), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Phriapatius (-290), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), and Arsaces II of Parthia (-300). After him are Ahmad ibn Rustah (null), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300), Al-Taftazani (1322), Mansour Bahrami (1956), and Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933).
1817 - 1852
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 180
157 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 181
1907 - 1995
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 182
290 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 183
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 184
300 BC - 191 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 185
1899 - 1992
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 186
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 187
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 188
1300 BC - 1155 BC
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 189
1322 - 1390
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 190
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 191
933 - 1014
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 192
Among social activists born in Iran, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei ranks 4. Before him are Shirin Ebadi (1947), Babak Khorramdin (798), and Musa al-Sadr (1928). After him are Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), Ruhollah Zam (1978), and Execution of Navid Afkari (1993).
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 1
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 2
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 3
1899 - 1992
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 5
1911 - 1979
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 8
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 9
1988 - 2014
HPI: 35.12
Rank: 10
1978 - 2020
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 11
1993 - 2020
HPI: 31.08
Rank: 12