1895 - 1974
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (Arabic: محمد أمين الحسيني; c. 1897 – 4 July 1974) was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine. Al-Husseini was the scion of the al-Husayni family of Jerusalemite Arab nobles, who trace their origins to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.Husseini was born in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire in 1897, he received education in Islamic, Ottoman, and Catholic schools. In 1912, he pursued Salafist religious studies in Cairo. Husseini later went on to serve in the Ottoman army during World War I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amin al-Husseini has received more than 1,771,686 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Amin al-Husseini is the 1,035th most popular politician (up from 1,055th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Israel (up from 59th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Israeli Politician.
Amin al-husseini was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the leader of the Arab Higher Committee, which was the main political body in Palestine. He is most famous for his role in the Arab Revolt against the British Mandate in Palestine.
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Among politicians, Amin al-Husseini ranks 1,035 out of 15,577. Before him are Zeno, Isabel Martínez de Perón, Christian I of Denmark, Faisal I of Iraq, Feodor II of Russia, and Grover Cleveland. After him are Jérôme Bonaparte, Abdullah I of Jordan, Sejo of Joseon, Gustav Stresemann, Michael VII Doukas, and Peter III of Aragon.
425 - 491
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 1,029
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 1,030
1426 - 1481
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,031
1885 - 1933
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,032
1589 - 1605
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 1,033
1837 - 1908
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 1,034
1895 - 1974
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 1,035
1784 - 1860
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 1,036
1882 - 1951
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 1,037
1417 - 1468
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 1,038
1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 1,039
1050 - 1090
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 1,040
1239 - 1285
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 1,041
Among people born in 1895, Amin al-Husseini ranks 17. Before him are Wilm Hosenfeld, Nikolai Yezhov, Ernst Jünger, Mikhail Bakhtin, Max Horkheimer, and Semyon Timoshenko. After him are Paul Hindemith, Paul Éluard, Dolores Ibárruri, Zog I of Albania, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, and Henrik Dam. Among people deceased in 1974, Amin al-Husseini ranks 9. Before him are Georgy Zhukov, Georges Pompidou, Juan Perón, James Chadwick, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and Vittorio De Sica. After him are Pär Lagerkvist, Baldur von Schirach, U Thant, Imre Lakatos, Rudolf Dassler, and David Oistrakh.
1895 - 1952
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 11
1895 - 1940
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 12
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 13
1895 - 1975
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 14
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 15
1895 - 1970
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 16
1895 - 1974
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 17
1895 - 1963
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 18
1895 - 1952
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 19
1895 - 1989
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 20
1895 - 1961
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 21
1895 - 1977
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 22
1895 - 1976
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 23
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 3
1911 - 1974
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 4
1895 - 1974
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 5
1891 - 1974
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 6
1916 - 1974
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 7
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 8
1895 - 1974
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 9
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 10
1907 - 1974
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 11
1909 - 1974
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 12
1922 - 1974
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 13
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 14
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 15
Among people born in Israel, Amin al-Husseini ranks 52 out of 430. Before him are Daniel Kahneman (1934), Judas Maccabeus (-200), Amos Oz (1939), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Barabbas (1), and Herodias (-100). After him are Micah (-737), Dinah (-1700), Joel (-1), Nehemiah (-490), Zedekiah (-617), and Manasseh of Judah (-800).
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 46
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 47
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 48
10 BC - 62
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 49
1 - 100
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 50
100 BC - 100
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 51
1895 - 1974
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 52
737 BC - 696 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 53
1700 BC - 1590 BC
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 54
1 BC - 301 BC
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 55
490 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 56
617 BC - 550 BC
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 57
800 BC - 642 BC
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 58
Among politicians born in Israel, Amin al-Husseini ranks 15. Before him are Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Hezekiah (-800), Jeroboam (-1000), and Josiah (-648). After him are Zedekiah (-617), Manasseh of Judah (-800), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Abijah of Judah (-1000), and Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177).
1935 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 10
1160 - 1190
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 11
800 BC - 697 BC
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 12
1000 BC - 910 BC
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 13
648 BC - 609 BC
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 14
1895 - 1974
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 15
617 BC - 550 BC
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 16
800 BC - 642 BC
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 17
1136 - 1174
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 18
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 19
1000 BC - 911 BC
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 20
1177 - 1186
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 21