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Elijah Muhammad

1897 - 1975

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Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole, later Elijah Karriem; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader who led the Nation of Islam from 1933 until his death in 1975. Under Elijah Muhammad's leadership, the Nation of Islam grew from a small Detroit-based movement into a nationwide organization with tens of thousands of members in the United States during the civil rights movement, promoting black nationalism and a distinctive theology that white people are a race of "devils" created by an evil black Meccan scientist named Yakub, and that there are multiple gods, each a black man named Allah, whom he is the messenger of. In the 1930s, Muhammad formally established the Nation of Islam, a religious movement that originated under the leadership and teachings of Wallace Fard Muhammad and that promoted black power, pride, economic empowerment, and racial separation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Elijah Muhammad is the 6,657th most popular politician (down from 6,332nd in 2024), the 2,416th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,026th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Elijah Muhammad ranks 6,657 out of 19,576. Before him are Ibn Muqla, Mustafa Tlass, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Emperor Shunzong of Tang, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, and Abdullah Mirza. After him are Dadabhai Naoroji, Rose Francine Rogombé, Itzcoatl, Guy Mollet, Kalākaua, and Fuchai.

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Among people born in 1897, Elijah Muhammad ranks 100. Before him are Chen Cheng, Husni al-Za'im, Jesse Douglas, Manuel Ávila Camacho, Maria Valtorta, and Fredric March. After him are Kurt Gerron, Josep Pla, Karol Świerczewski, Otto Struve, Samuel Noah Kramer, and Arthur Greiser. Among people deceased in 1975, Elijah Muhammad ranks 60. Before him are Thornton Wilder, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, George Stevens, Lung Chien, Al Lettieri, and Fredric March. After him are Guy Mollet, Hideo Shinojima, Eugen Fink, Kazimierz Fajans, Robert Stolz, and Michel Simon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elijah Muhammad ranks 2,416 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Parsons (1973), E. Howard Hunt (1918), Fredric March (1897), Harold Garfinkel (1917), Vannevar Bush (1890), and Mary Anderson (1862). After him are Pinetop Perkins (1913), Shannen Doherty (1971), Kalākaua (1836), Sol LeWitt (1928), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), and LeBron James (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Elijah Muhammad ranks 203. Before him are Clement Greenberg (1909), Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807), Joe Wilson (1947), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), Thomas R. Marshall (1854), and Mark Felt (1913). After him are Kalākaua (1836), John O. Brennan (1955), Dan Quayle (1947), William Wirt (1772), Dan White (1946), and Mike Dunleavy (1961).

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