1934 - 2017
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, romanized: Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, pronounced [ækˈbæɾ hɒːʃeˈmiː(-e) ɾæfsændʒɒːˈniː] (listen) born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic who was the fourth president of Iran from 3 August 1989 until 3 August 1997. He was the head of the Assembly of Experts from 2007 until 2011 when he decided not to nominate himself for the post. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has received more than 1,040,853 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is the 1,493rd most popular politician (down from 1,239th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Iran (down from 55th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Iranian Politician.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is most famous for being a former president of Iran.
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Among politicians, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 1,493 out of 15,710. Before him are Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Abaqa Khan, Pauline Bonaparte, Walter Schellenberg, Václav Klaus, and Gyges of Lydia. After him are Giulio Andreotti, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Hafizullah Amin, Lee Teng-hui, René of Anjou, and Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
1782 - 1866
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 1,487
1234 - 1282
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 1,488
1780 - 1825
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 1,489
1910 - 1952
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 1,490
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 1,491
790 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 1,492
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 1,493
1919 - 2013
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 1,494
1918 - 2004
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 1,495
1929 - 1979
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 1,496
1923 - 2020
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 1,497
1409 - 1480
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 1,498
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 1,499
Among people born in 1934, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 25. Before him are Jane Goodall, Sydney Pollack, Paul Ekman, Vavá, Stjepan Mesić, and Richard Chamberlain. After him are Pierre Richard, Empress Michiko, Richard Meier, Bill Russell, Alan Arkin, and Jacques Anquetil. Among people deceased in 2017, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 21. Before him are John Hurt, Manuel Noriega, Raymond Kopa, Glen Campbell, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and George A. Romero. After him are Johnny Hallyday, Mireille Darc, Martin Landau, Tzvetan Todorov, Louise Hay, and Ali Abdullah Saleh.
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 19
1934 - 2008
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 20
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 21
1934 - 2002
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 22
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 23
1934 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 24
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 25
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 26
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 27
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 28
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 29
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 30
1934 - 1987
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 31
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 15
1934 - 2017
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 16
1931 - 2017
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 17
1936 - 2017
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 18
1928 - 2017
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 19
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 20
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 21
1943 - 2017
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 22
1938 - 2017
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 23
1928 - 2017
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 24
1939 - 2017
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 25
1926 - 2017
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 26
1947 - 2017
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 27
Among people born in Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 67 out of 463. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Shirin Ebadi (1947), Cyaxares (-700), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), Babak Khorramdin (798), and Qasem Soleimani (1957). After him are Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), Ibn Majah (824), and Moshe Katsav (1945).
1940 - 2016
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 61
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 62
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 63
1380 - 1429
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 64
798 - 838
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 65
1957 - 2020
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 66
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 67
1831 - 1896
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 68
1742 - 1797
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 69
309 - 379
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 70
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 71
824 - 886
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 72
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 73
Among politicians born in Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 32. Before him are Cyrus I (-690), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Ghazan (1271), and Cyaxares (-700). After him are Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), Moshe Katsav (1945), and Psamtik III (-590).
690 BC - 580 BC
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 26
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 27
500 BC - 423 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 28
1956 - Present
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 29
1271 - 1304
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 30
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 31
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 32
1831 - 1896
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 33
1742 - 1797
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 34
309 - 379
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 35
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 36
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 37
590 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 38