1937 - 2004
Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين; 1 January 1937 – 22 March 2004) was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization in the Gaza Strip, in 1987. He served as the organization's spiritual leader after its founding. Yassin, a quadriplegic who was nearly blind, had been reliant on a wheelchair due to a sporting accident at the age of 12. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed Yassin has received more than 696,884 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ahmed Yassin is the 491st most popular religious figure (down from 453rd in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Israel (down from 66th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Israeli Religious Figure.
Ahmed Yassin is most famous for being the founder and leader of Hamas, an Islamic terrorist organization.
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Among religious figures, Ahmed Yassin ranks 491 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Soter, Jehoshaphat, Saint Spyridon, Antipope Clement VII, Ansgar, and Pope Silverius. After him are Korah, Peter the Hermit, Pope Stephen I, Pope Miltiades, Pope Caius, and Saint Eustace.
120 - 174
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 485
908 BC - 849 BC
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 486
270 - 348
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 487
1342 - 1394
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 488
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 489
490 - 538
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 490
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 491
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 492
1050 - 1115
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 493
200 - 257
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 494
250 - 314
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 495
250 - 296
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 496
10 - 118
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 497
Among people born in 1937, Ahmed Yassin ranks 22. Before him are Vanessa Redgrave, Martti Ahtisaari, Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, Egon Krenz, and Mengistu Haile Mariam. After him are Warren Beatty, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Robert Coleman Richardson, Philip Glass, and Bruce McLaren. Among people deceased in 2004, Ahmed Yassin ranks 16. Before him are Françoise Sagan, Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Susan Sontag, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and Peter Ustinov. After him are Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Akhmad Kadyrov, Maurice Wilkins, Helmut Newton, and Janet Leigh.
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 16
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 17
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 19
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 20
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 21
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 22
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 23
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 24
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 25
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 27
1937 - 1970
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 28
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 10
1911 - 2004
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 11
1901 - 2004
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 12
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 13
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 14
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 15
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 16
1918 - 2004
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 18
1951 - 2004
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 19
1916 - 2004
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 20
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 21
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 22
Among people born in Israel, Ahmed Yassin ranks 69 out of 430. Before him are William of Tyre (1130), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Ehud Barak (1942), Haggai (-550), Jehoiakim (-634), and Jeconiah (-700). After him are Amon of Judah (-660), Uzziah (-900), Annas (-22), Ehud Olmert (1945), Simeon (null), and Jehoash of Judah (-843).
1130 - 1186
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 63
1177 - 1186
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 64
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 65
550 BC - Present
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 66
634 BC - 598 BC
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 67
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 68
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 69
660 BC - 640 BC
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 70
900 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 71
22 BC - 66
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 72
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 73
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 74
843 BC - 797 BC
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 75
Among religious figures born in Israel, Ahmed Yassin ranks 32. Before him are Judas Maccabeus (-200), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Barabbas (1), Micah (-737), Joel (-1), and Nehemiah (-490). After him are Annas (-22), Simeon (null), Rabbi Akiva (50), Penitent thief (-18), Pope Theodore I (600), and Nicodemus (-50).
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 26
10 BC - 62
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 27
1 - 100
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 28
737 BC - 696 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 29
1 BC - 301 BC
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 30
490 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 31
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 32
22 BC - 66
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 33
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 34
50 - 136
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 35
18 BC - 30
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 36
600 - 649
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 37
50 BC - 100
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 38