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Ali al-Sistani

1930 - Today

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Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani (Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني, romanized: ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī; born 4 August 1930) is an Iraqi Islamic scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali al-Sistani has received more than 1,106,492 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ali al-Sistani is the 2,366th most popular politician (up from 2,597th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Iran (up from 95th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Iranian Politician.

Ali al-sistani is most famous for his role in the 2003 Iraq War. He is a Grand Ayatollah and is one of the most influential Shiite clerics in Iraq.

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  • 63.95

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ali al-Sistani ranks 2,366 out of 15,577. Before him are Elsa Einstein, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Rudolf I of Bohemia, Gustav Bauer, Émile Loubet, and Isabella II of Jerusalem. After him are Marie José of Belgium, Siptah, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Empress Genmei, Unas, and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ali al-Sistani ranks 45. Before him are Hugh Everett III, Félix Guattari, Leon Cooper, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Tippi Hedren, and Lorin Maazel. After him are Carlos Kleiber, Yves Chauvin, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Adunis, and Moustapha Akkad.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali al-Sistani ranks 85 out of 528. Before him are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1772), Öljaitü (1280), Psamtik III (-590), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149). After him are Mohammad Khatami (1943), Miskawayh (932), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Bahram V (406), Atossa (-550), and Mordecai (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Ali al-Sistani ranks 47. Before him are Moshe Katsav (1945), Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1772), Öljaitü (1280), and Psamtik III (-590). After him are Mohammad Khatami (1943), Bahram V (406), Atossa (-550), Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1305), Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831), and Yazdegerd I (400).

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