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Aga Khan IV

1936 - Today

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Prince Karim Al-Husseini (Arabic: شاه كريم الحسيني, romanized: Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī; born 13 December 1936), known as the Aga Khan IV (Persian: آقا خان چهارم, romanized: Āqā Khān Chāram) since the death of his grandfather in 1957, is the 49th and current imam of Nizari Isma'ilis. He has held the position of Imam and the title of Aga Khan since 11 July 1957 when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Aga Khan III. The Aga Khan claims direct lineal descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali, who is considered an Imam by Nizari Isma'ilis, and Ali's wife Fatima, Muhammad's daughter from his first marriage. Aga Khan IV is also known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Isma'ili followers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aga Khan IV has received more than 6,368,710 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Aga Khan IV is the 62nd most popular businessperson (down from 56th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Businessperson.

Aga Khan IV is most famous for being the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Aga Khan IV ranks 62 out of 847. Before him are Henri Nestlé, Robert Bosch, Martin Cooper, Sergei Diaghilev, Roman Abramovich, and Ronald Wayne. After him are Thomas Cook, Robert Kardashian, Helena Rubinstein, Kiichiro Toyoda, Sung Jae-gi, and Lee Byung-chul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Aga Khan IV ranks 33. Before him are David Carradine, Michael Landon, Ferid Murad, Richard Bach, Georges Perec, and Roy Orbison. After him are Glen Campbell, Tariq Aziz, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Jim Clark, Burt Reynolds, and Albert Finney.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Aga Khan IV ranks 58 out of 1,015. Before him are Niklaus Wirth (1934), Henry Fuseli (1741), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), Gabriel Cramer (1704), Albert I of Germany (1255), and Michel Mayor (1942). After him are Paul Hermann Müller (1899), H. R. Giger (1940), Daniel Bovet (1907), Emil Jannings (1884), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), and Hans Küng (1928).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Aga Khan IV ranks 3. Before him are Sepp Blatter (1936), and Joan Gamper (1877). After him are Gianni Infantino (1970), Louis Chevrolet (1878), César Ritz (1850), Peter Sauber (1943), Julius Maggi (1846), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), and Paul Sacher (1906).

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