COMPANION

Alia Al-Hussein

1948 - 1977

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Alia Bahauddin Toukan (Arabic: علياء بهاء الدين طوقان, romanized: 'Āliyā' Bahāʾ ud-Dīn Ṭūqān; 25 December 1948 – 9 February 1977), also known as Alia Al Hussein (Arabic: علياء الحسين), was Queen of Jordan as the third wife of King Hussein from their marriage on 24 December 1972 until her death in a helicopter crash in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alia Al-Hussein has received more than 377,456 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alia Al-Hussein is the 314th most popular companion (up from 425th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 261st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Egyptian Companion.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Alia Al-Hussein ranks 314 out of 784. Before her are Margaret Leijonhufvud, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Julia Drusilla, Princess Taiping, and Bintanath. After her are Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh, Queen Cheorin, Draga Mašin, Theodora Kantakouzene, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, and Kunigunda of Halych.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Alia Al-Hussein ranks 75. Before her are Radomir Antić, Alan Parsons, Maye Musk, Steven Chu, Agnieszka Holland, and Nathalie Baye. After her are Ray Kurzweil, René Arnoux, Dan Simmons, Hartmut Michel, William Daniel Phillips, and Beppe Grillo. Among people deceased in 1977, Alia Al-Hussein ranks 40. Before her are Abdel Halim Hafez, Ali Shariati, Clementine Churchill, Steve Biko, Francis Gary Powers, and Gangubai Kothewali. After her are Olave Baden-Powell, Oskar Morgenstern, Naum Gabo, Modibo Keïta, Kamal Jumblatt, and Lee Miller.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Alia Al-Hussein ranks 206 out of 642. Before her are Abdel Hakim Amer (1919), Farida of Egypt (1921), Tetisheri (-1600), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), Osorkon I (-1000), and Bintanath (-1300). After her are Ibn Yunus (950), Jehan Sadat (1933), Ahmed ‘Urabi (1841), Hemiunu (-2500), Robert II, Count of Artois (1250), and Pentawer (-1173).

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Among COMPANIONS In Egypt

Among companions born in Egypt, Alia Al-Hussein ranks 10. Before her are Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921), Arsinoe II (-316), Nazli Sabri (1894), Meritamen (-1400), Farida of Egypt (1921), and Bintanath (-1300). After her are Suzanne Mubarak (1941), Meketaten (-1348), Tjuyu (-1401), Narriman Sadek (1933), Zein Al-Sharaf Talal (1916), and Neferneferuaten Tasherit (-1400).

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