900 - 873
The three brothers Abū Jaʿfar, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (before 803 – February 873); Abū al‐Qāsim, Aḥmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (d. 9th century) and Al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (d. 9th century), were Persian scholars who lived and worked in Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Banū Mūsā has received more than 258,294 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Banū Mūsā is the 46th most popular engineer (up from 77th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 120th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Engineer.
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Among engineers, Banū Mūsā ranks 46 out of 323. Before him are Alexander Wienerberger, Ildefons Cerdà, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Sergey Ilyushin, Ernst Heinkel, and Emil Škoda. After him are Henry Gantt, William John Macquorn Rankine, Charles George Gordon, Bjarne Stroustrup, Gustaf de Laval, and Kurt Gerstein.
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 40
1815 - 1876
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 41
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 42
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 43
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 44
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 45
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 46
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 47
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 48
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 50
1845 - 1913
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 51
1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 52
Among people born in 900, Banū Mūsā ranks 16. Before him are Pope Stephen VIII, Pope Leo VII, Robert the Strong, Berengar II of Italy, Guy III of Spoleto, and Pope Leo VIII. After him are Zoe Karbonopsina, Theodora, Hermann Billung, Fajsz, George Hamartolos, and Symeon the Metaphrast. Among people deceased in 873, Banū Mūsā ranks 2. Before him is Ivar the Boneless. After him are Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Emperor Yizong of Tang, and Vímara Peres.
900 - 942
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 10
900 - 939
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 11
900 - 866
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 12
900 - 966
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 13
900 - 894
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 14
900 - 965
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 15
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 16
900 - 1000
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 17
900 - 916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 18
900 - 973
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 19
900 - 955
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 20
900 - 867
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 21
900 - 987
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 22
900 - 873
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 1
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 2
809 - 873
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 3
833 - 873
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 4
820 - 873
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 5
Among people born in Iraq, Banū Mūsā ranks 97 out of 338. Before him are Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), Ziusudra (null), Al-Muntasir (837), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Samsu-iluna (-1792), and Nouri al-Maliki (1950). After him are Enmerkar (-2500), Parysatis (-500), Adad-nirari I (-1400), Shammuramat (-900), Ibbi-Sin (-2050), and Labashi-Marduk (-550).
835 - 884
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 91
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 92
837 - 862
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 93
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 94
1792 BC - 1712 BC
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 95
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 96
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 97
2500 BC - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 98
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 99
1400 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 100
900 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 101
2050 BC - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 102
550 BC - 556 BC
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 103
Among engineers born in Iraq, Banū Mūsā ranks 1.