PUBLIC WORKER
Ali Hassan al-Majid
1941 - 2010
Ali Hassan al-Majid
Colonel General Ali Hassan Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: علي حسن مجيد التكريت, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥasan Majīd al-Tikrītī; c. 1941 – 25 January 2010), was an Iraqi military officer and politician under Saddam Hussein who served as defence minister, interior minister, and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. He was also the governor of Kuwait during much of the 1990–91 Gulf War. A first cousin of former Ba'athist Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, al-Majid became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his alleged role in the Iraqi government's campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely the ethnic Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia rebels of the south. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Hassan al-Majid has received more than 1,166,012 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ali Hassan al-Majid is the 9th most popular public worker (up from 10th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iraq and the most popular Iraqi Public Worker.
Ali hassan al-majid is most famous for being the Iraqi General who was in charge of the Anfal Campaign, which was a campaign of genocide against the Kurdish people.
Memorability Metrics
1.2M
Page Views (PV)
65.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
39
Languages Editions (L)
7.33
Effective Languages (L*)
2.73
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PUBLIC WORKERS
Among public workers, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 9 out of 15. Before him are Alois Hitler, Joseph Fouché, Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, and Thomas Cromwell. After him are Robert Walpole, Markus Wolf, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Pascal Lamy, Susan Dougan, and Chelsea Clinton.
Most Popular Public Workers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAlois Hitler
1837 - 1903
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 3
Joseph Fouché
1759 - 1820
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 4
Mikhail Kalinin
1875 - 1946
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 5
Gaius Maecenas
68 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 6
Demetrius of Phalerum
350 BC - 282 BC
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 7
Thomas Cromwell
1485 - 1540
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 8
Ali Hassan al-Majid
1941 - 2010
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 9
Robert Walpole
1676 - 1745
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 10
Markus Wolf
1923 - 2006
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 11
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
1713 - 1792
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 12
Pascal Lamy
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 13
Susan Dougan
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 14
Chelsea Clinton
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 15
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1941, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 43. Before him are Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Paul Simon, Nathalie Delon, Frank Farian, Dennis Ritchie, and Michael D. Higgins. After him are Bobby Moore, Gheorghe Zamfir, Wolfgang Petersen, Art Garfunkel, Princess Muna al-Hussein, and Nona Gaprindashvili. Among people deceased in 2010, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 16. Before him are Dennis Hopper, Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Georges Charpak. After him are Maurice Allais, Vasily Smyslov, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Zecharia Sitchin, Néstor Kirchner, and Gennady Yanayev.
Others Born in 1941
Go to all RankingsAhmet Necdet Sezer
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 37
Paul Simon
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 38
Nathalie Delon
ACTOR
1941 - 2021
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 39
Frank Farian
MUSICIAN
1941 - 2024
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 40
Dennis Ritchie
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 41
Michael D. Higgins
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 42
Ali Hassan al-Majid
PUBLIC WORKER
1941 - 2010
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 43
Bobby Moore
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 1993
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 44
Gheorghe Zamfir
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 45
Wolfgang Petersen
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 46
Art Garfunkel
SINGER
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 47
Princess Muna al-Hussein
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 48
Nona Gaprindashvili
CHESS PLAYER
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 49
Others Deceased in 2010
Go to all RankingsDennis Hopper
ACTOR
1936 - 2010
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 10
Claude Chabrol
FILM DIRECTOR
1930 - 2010
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 11
Éric Rohmer
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 12
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
ENGINEER
1916 - 2010
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 13
Juan Antonio Samaranch
POLITICIAN
1920 - 2010
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 14
Georges Charpak
PHYSICIST
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 15
Ali Hassan al-Majid
PUBLIC WORKER
1941 - 2010
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 16
Maurice Allais
ECONOMIST
1911 - 2010
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 17
Vasily Smyslov
CHESS PLAYER
1921 - 2010
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 18
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
CHEMIST
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 19
Zecharia Sitchin
WRITER
1920 - 2010
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 20
Néstor Kirchner
POLITICIAN
1950 - 2010
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 21
Gennady Yanayev
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2010
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 22
In Iraq
Among people born in Iraq, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 56 out of 384. Before him are Mustafa Barzani (1903), Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), Al-Mutawakkil (822), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914), and Ibn Hisham (701). After him are Ya'qubi (801), Fuad Masum (1938), Tariq Aziz (1936), Al-Amin (787), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), and Nabopolassar (-658).
Others born in Iraq
Go to all RankingsMustafa Barzani
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1903 - 1979
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 50
Ashurnasirpal II
POLITICIAN
1000 BC - 854 BC
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 51
Al-Mutawakkil
POLITICIAN
822 - 861
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 52
Junayd of Baghdad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
830 - 910
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 53
Abd al-Karim Qasim
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1963
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 54
Ibn Hisham
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
701 - 833
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 55
Ali Hassan al-Majid
PUBLIC WORKER
1941 - 2010
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 56
Ya'qubi
GEOGRAPHER
801 - 898
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 57
Fuad Masum
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 58
Tariq Aziz
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2015
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 59
Al-Amin
POLITICIAN
787 - 813
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 60
Šuppiluliuma I
POLITICIAN
1344 BC - 1321 BC
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 61
Nabopolassar
POLITICIAN
658 BC - 605 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 62
Among PUBLIC WORKERS In Iraq
Among public workers born in Iraq, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 1.