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Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti

1951 - 2007

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Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti (Arabic: برزان إبراهيم الحسن التكريتي; 17 February 1951 – 15 January 2007), also known as Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Barasan Ibrahem Alhassen and Barzan Hassan, was one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein, and a leader of the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi intelligence service. As the head of the Mukhabarat, he was responsible for ordering the killings of dissidents. Despite falling out of favour with Saddam at one time, he was believed to have been a close presidential adviser at the time of his capture by U.S. forces in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti has received more than 773,231 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti is the 5,867th most popular politician (up from 6,382nd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 106th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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  • 58.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 5,867 out of 19,576. Before him are Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Charles Taylor, Brian Cowen, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Bagrat IV of Georgia, and Ben Carson. After him are Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Maria Palaiologina, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Gasparo da Salò, and Princess Margaret of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 79. Before him are Olivia Hussey, Ben Feringa, Joey Ramone, Thomas Boni Yayi, Behgjet Pacolli, and Ben Carson. After him are Mamoru Oshii, Fernando Lugo, Gustavo Santaolalla, James Newton Howard, Joe Lynn Turner, and Karekin II. Among people deceased in 2007, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 68. Before him are Jupp Derwall, Joe Zawinul, Colin McRae, Marcheline Bertrand, Yvonne De Carlo, and Robert Jordan. After him are Gianfranco Ferré, Ousmane Sembène, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Lady Bird Johnson, Kiichi Miyazawa, and André Gorz.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 164 out of 384. Before him are Eannatum (-2500), Surena (-84), Al-Mustazhir (1078), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Enmebaragesi (-2650), and Az-Zahir (1176). After him are Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (1200), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), Al-Mustakfi (905), Barham Salih (1960), and Ayad Allawi (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 106. Before him are Haider al-Abadi (1952), Eannatum (-2500), Al-Mustazhir (1078), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Enmebaragesi (-2650), and Az-Zahir (1176). After him are Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (1200), Al-Mustakfi (905), Barham Salih (1960), Ayad Allawi (1944), Al-Mustanjid (1124), and Al-Qadir (947).

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