1916 - 2012
Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة Aḥmad bin Billah; 26 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of Algeria from 15 September 1963 to 19 June 1965. Ben Bella played an important role during the Algerian war of independence against France, leading the FLN, organizing the shipment of foreign weapons and coordinating political strategy from Cairo. Despite not being present in Algeria, French authorities tried to assassinate him multiple times. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed Ben Bella has received more than 657,513 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Ahmed Ben Bella is the 1,131st most popular politician (up from 1,150th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 10th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Politician.
Ahmed ben Bella is most famous for being the first president of Algeria, a country in North Africa. He was president from 1963 to 1965.
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Among politicians, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 1,131 out of 15,577. Before him are Idris of Libya, Albert II of Germany, William II of the Netherlands, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, and Mohammad Mosaddegh. After him are Valentinian II, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Safiyya bint Huyayy, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Gaius Gracchus, and Mayer Amschel Rothschild.
1889 - 1983
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 1,125
1397 - 1439
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 1,126
1792 - 1849
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 1,127
1936 - 2019
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 1,128
1549 - 1580
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 1,129
1882 - 1967
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 1,130
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 1,131
371 - 392
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 1,132
592 - 641
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 1,133
610 - 670
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 1,134
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 1,135
154 BC - 121 BC
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 1,136
1744 - 1812
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 1,137
Among people born in 1916, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 14. Before him are Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Olivia de Havilland, Roald Dahl, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Claude Shannon, and Harold Wilson. After him are Herbert A. Simon, João Havelange, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Hans Eysenck, Yehudi Menuhin, and Maurice Wilkins. Among people deceased in 2012, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 7. Before him are Neil Armstrong, Oscar Niemeyer, Norodom Sihanouk, Wisława Szymborska, Ray Bradbury, and Whitney Houston. After him are Eric Hobsbawm, Carroll Shelby, Michael Clarke Duncan, Theo Angelopoulos, Jon Lord, and George Tupou V.
1916 - 1974
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 8
1916 - 2020
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 9
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 10
1916 - 1982
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 11
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 12
1916 - 1995
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 13
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 14
1916 - 2001
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 15
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 16
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 17
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 18
1916 - 1999
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 19
1916 - 2004
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 20
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1907 - 2012
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 2
1922 - 2012
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 3
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 4
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 5
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 6
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 9
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 10
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 11
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 13
Among people born in Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 11 out of 184. Before him are Yves Saint Laurent (1936), Jacques Derrida (1930), Macrinus (164), Louis Althusser (1918), Jugurtha (-160), and Saint Monica (332). After him are Emir Abdelkader (1808), Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), Juba II (-52), Jacques Attali (1943), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), and Dihya (700).
1936 - 2008
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 5
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 6
164 - 218
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 7
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 8
160 BC - 104 BC
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 9
332 - 387
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 10
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 11
1808 - 1883
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 12
1849 - 1928
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 13
52 BC - 23
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 15
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 16
700 - 601
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella ranks 3. Before him are Macrinus (164) and Jugurtha (-160). After him are Emir Abdelkader (1808), Juba II (-52), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), and Juba I of Numidia (-85).
164 - 218
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 1
160 BC - 104 BC
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 2
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 3
1808 - 1883
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 4
52 BC - 23
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 6
700 - 601
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 7
1898 - 1977
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 8
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 9
1916 - 1949
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 10
1941 - 2021
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 11
85 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 12