1819 - 1850
The Báb (born ʿAlí Muḥammad; ; Persian: علی محمد; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850) was the founder of Bábi Faith, and one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. He was a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar Iran who, in 1844 at the age of 25, began the Bábi Faith. In the next six years, he gradually and progressively revealed his claim in his extensive writings to be a Manifestation of God, of a status as great as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, receiving revelations as profound as the Torah, Gospel, and Quran. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Báb has received more than 1,313,958 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Báb is the 445th most popular religious figure (down from 355th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Iran (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.
Báb is a traditional Iranian bread that is usually served for breakfast. It's made from white flour, yeast, salt, and water.
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Among religious figures, Báb ranks 445 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Anterus, Pope Sergius I, Pope Innocent II, Parascheva of the Balkans, Pachomius the Great, and Pope Agapetus II. After him are Pope-elect Stephen, Pope John V, Pope Boniface VI, Saint Titus, Joseph Smith, and Pope Hilarius.
180 - 236
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 439
650 - 701
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 440
1100 - 1143
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 441
1000 - 1100
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 442
292 - 348
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 443
900 - 955
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 444
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 445
700 - 752
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 446
635 - 686
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 447
800 - 896
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 448
13 - 107
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 449
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 450
415 - 468
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 451
Among people born in 1819, Báb ranks 10. Before him are Albert, Prince Consort, Clara Schumann, Léon Foucault, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet. After him are Hippolyte Fizeau, George Eliot, Maria II of Portugal, John Ruskin, William T. G. Morton, and Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. Among people deceased in 1850, Báb ranks 7. Before him are Honoré de Balzac, Louis Philippe I, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, William Wordsworth, Daoguang Emperor, and Zachary Taylor. After him are José de San Martín, Marie Tussaud, Frédéric Bastiat, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Louise of Orléans, and Robert Peel.
1819 - 1861
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 4
1819 - 1896
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 5
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 6
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 7
1819 - 1892
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 8
1819 - 1903
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 9
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 10
1819 - 1896
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 11
1819 - 1880
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 12
1819 - 1853
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 13
1819 - 1900
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 14
1819 - 1868
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 15
1819 - 1901
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 16
1799 - 1850
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 1
1773 - 1850
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 2
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 3
1770 - 1850
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 4
1782 - 1850
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 5
1784 - 1850
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 6
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 7
1778 - 1850
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 8
1761 - 1850
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 9
1801 - 1850
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 10
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 11
1812 - 1850
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 12
1788 - 1850
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 13
Among people born in Iran, Báb ranks 55 out of 528. Before him are Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903). After him are Cyaxares (-700), Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), Jami (1414), Shirin Ebadi (1947), and Babak Khorramdin (798).
1932 - 2001
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 49
1882 - 1967
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 50
940 - 998
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 51
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 52
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 53
903 - 986
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 54
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 55
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 56
1271 - 1304
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 57
690 BC - 580 BC
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 58
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 59
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 60
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 61
Among religious figures born in Iran, Báb ranks 8. Before him are Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), and Bahá'u'lláh (1817). After him are Ibn Majah (824), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), and Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252).
1902 - 1989
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 2
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 3
1050 - 1124
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 4
1078 - 1166
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 5
817 - 875
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 6
1817 - 1892
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 7
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 8
824 - 886
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 9
700 - 644
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 10
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 11
200 - 300
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 12
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 13
1252 - 1334
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 14