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Afghan Girl

1972 - Today

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Sharbat Gula (Pashto: شربت ګله; born c. 1972) is an Afghan woman who became internationally recognized as the 12-year-old subject in Afghan Girl, a 1984 portrait taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry that was later published as the cover photograph for the June 1985 issue of National Geographic. The portrait was shot at Nasir Bagh, Pakistan, while Gula was residing there as an Afghan refugee fleeing the Soviet–Afghan War. Despite the photograph's high global recognition, Gula's identity remained unknown until 2002, when her whereabouts were verified and she was photographed for the second time in her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Afghan Girl has received more than 3,849,832 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Afghan Girl is the 87th most popular celebrity (down from 69th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Afghan Girls by language

Over the past year Afghan Girl has had the most page views in the with 311,117 views, followed by Russian (22,470), and French (17,141). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (3,309.09%), Belarusian (41.02%), and Polish (31.08%)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Afghan Girl ranks 87 out of 265. Before her are Georgina Rizk, Genie, John Rogan, Lindow Man, Michel Lotito, and Anarkali. After her are Hana Brady, Mary Ann Bevan, Jane Morris, Norma Cappagli, Apasra Hongsakula, and Walther Kadow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Afghan Girl ranks 78. Before her are Garou, Sami Al-Jaber, Chiara Mastroianni, Sarah Clarke, Takuya Kimura, and Arayik Harutyunyan. After her are Audrey Azoulay, Alejandro Amenábar, Amanda Peet, Christophe Dugarry, Severina, and Gulnara Karimova.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Afghan Girl ranks 86 out of 177. Before her are Gulbadan Begum (1523), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Unsuri (980), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), and Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760). After her are Abdul Qadir (1944), Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Ali Hujwiri (1009), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), and Farrukhi Sistani (980).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Afghanistan

Among celebrities born in Afghanistan, Afghan Girl ranks 1. 

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