1572 - 1635
Fakhr al-Din Ma'n (Arabic: فَخْر ٱلدِّين مَعْن, romanized: Fakhr al-Dīn Maʿn; c. 1572 – March or April 1635), commonly known as Fakhr al-Din II or Fakhreddine II (Arabic: فخر الدين الثاني, romanized: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Thānī), was the paramount Druze emir of Mount Lebanon from the Ma'n dynasty, an Ottoman governor of Sidon-Beirut and Safed, and the strongman over much of the Levant from the 1620s to 1633. For uniting modern Lebanon's constituent parts and communities, especially the Druze and the Maronites, under a single authority for the first time in history, he is generally regarded as the country's founder. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fakhr al-Din II has received more than 143,170 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Fakhr al-Din II is the 8,754th most popular politician (down from 7,749th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 54th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Lebanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 8,754 out of 15,577. Before him are Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Aureolus of Aragon, Kormesiy, Alain I of Albret, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, and Roger de Moulins. After him are Joyce Banda, Koçi Xoxe, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, Yusuf II, Almohad caliph, Rainulf Drengot, and George I of Georgia.
1900 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 8,748
710 - 809
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 8,749
700 - 738
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 8,750
1440 - 1522
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 8,751
1934 - 1980
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 8,752
1200 - 1187
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 8,753
1572 - 1635
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 8,754
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 8,755
1911 - 1949
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 8,756
1746 - 1821
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 8,757
1197 - 1224
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 8,758
1000 - 1045
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 8,759
996 - 1027
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 8,760
Among people born in 1572, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 13. Before him are Jane Frances de Chantal, Cyril Lucaris, Izumo no Okuni, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Marie Elisabeth of France. After him are Thomas Dekker, Susenyos I, Thomas Tomkins, and Bartholomew Gosnold. Among people deceased in 1635, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 11. Before him are Zacharias Janssen, Reza Abbasi, Joos de Momper, Domenico Tintoretto, Elisabeth of Lorraine, and Friedrich Spee. After him are Alessandro Tassoni and Luke Foxe.
1572 - 1641
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 7
1572 - 1638
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 8
1572 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 9
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 10
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 11
1572 - 1578
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 12
1572 - 1635
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 13
1572 - 1632
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 14
1572 - 1632
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 15
1572 - 1656
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 16
1572 - 1607
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 17
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 5
1565 - 1635
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 6
1564 - 1635
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
1560 - 1635
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8
1574 - 1635
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 9
1591 - 1635
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 10
1572 - 1635
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 11
1565 - 1635
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12
1586 - 1635
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 13
Among people born in Lebanon, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 62 out of 138. Before him are Abdalonymus (-305), Philo of Byblos (64), Mia Khalifa (1993), Walid Jumblatt (1949), Samir Geagea (1952), and Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920). After him are Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), René Moawad (1925), Fawzi al-Qawuqji (1890), Fuad Chehab (1902), and Abbas al-Musawi (1952).
305 BC - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 56
64 - 141
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 57
1993 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 58
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 59
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 60
1920 - 2019
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 61
1572 - 1635
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 62
1889 - 1988
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 63
1910 - 1992
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 64
1925 - 1989
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 65
1890 - 1977
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 66
1902 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 67
1952 - 1992
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 68
Among politicians born in Lebanon, Fakhr al-Din II ranks 27. Before him are Bechara El Khoury (1890), Elias Hrawi (1926), Omar Karami (1934), Abdalonymus (-305), Walid Jumblatt (1949), and Samir Geagea (1952). After him are Suleiman Frangieh (1910), René Moawad (1925), Fuad Chehab (1902), Abbas al-Musawi (1952), Riad Al Solh (1894), and Imad Mughniyah (1962).
1890 - 1964
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 21
1926 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 22
1934 - 2015
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 23
305 BC - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 24
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 25
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 26
1572 - 1635
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 27
1910 - 1992
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 28
1925 - 1989
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 29
1902 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 30
1952 - 1992
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 31
1894 - 1951
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 32
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 33