1946 - 1992
Farag Foda Arabic: فرج فودة [ˈfɑɾɑɡ ˈfoːdæ, ˈfuːdæ]; 20 August 1945 – 8 June 1992) was a prominent Egyptian professor, writer, columnist, and human rights activist.He was assassinated on 8 June 1992 by members of the Islamist group al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya after being accused of blasphemy by a committee of scholars (ulama) at al-Azhar University.Farag Foda was one of 202 people killed by "Islamist motivated assaults" in Egypt between March 1992 and September 1993. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farag Foda has received more than 162,156 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Farag Foda is the 3,622nd most popular writer (up from 3,795th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 410th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Egyptian Writer.
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Among writers, Farag Foda ranks 3,622 out of 5,755. Before him are Zofia Nałkowska, Connie Willis, Mary Sidney, Unsuri, Pierre Jean Jouve, and Maurice Scève. After him are Alberto Hurtado, Kerstin Ekman, Jules Barbier, Radclyffe Hall, Shushanik Kurghinian, and Louise Weiss.
1884 - 1954
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3,616
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3,617
1561 - 1621
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 3,618
980 - 1039
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 3,619
1887 - 1976
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 3,620
1501 - 1564
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 3,621
1946 - 1992
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3,622
1901 - 1952
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3,623
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3,624
1825 - 1901
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3,625
1880 - 1943
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3,626
1876 - 1927
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3,627
1893 - 1983
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3,628
Among people born in 1946, Farag Foda ranks 323. Before him are Leszek Miller, Jan Decleir, Michel Delpech, Steve Kanaly, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, and Dragutin Šurbek. After him are Vladimir Solovyov, Antonio Fargas, Colin Bell, Lesley Ann Warren, Andrew Davis, and Sonthi Boonyaratglin. Among people deceased in 1992, Farag Foda ranks 138. Before him are Richard Yates, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, Nie Rongzhen, Piotr Jaroszewicz, and Gerard K. O'Neill. After him are Jean Aerts, Musa Anter, Robert Berdella, Arthur Cronquist, Freddie Bartholomew, and Mihailo Lalić.
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 317
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 318
1946 - 2016
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 319
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 320
1946 - 1978
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 321
1946 - 2018
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 322
1946 - 1992
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 323
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 324
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 325
1946 - 2021
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 326
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 327
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 328
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 329
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 132
1914 - 1992
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 133
1907 - 1992
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 134
1899 - 1992
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 135
1909 - 1992
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 136
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 137
1946 - 1992
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 138
1907 - 1992
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 139
1920 - 1992
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 140
1949 - 1992
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 141
1919 - 1992
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 142
1924 - 1992
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 143
1914 - 1992
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 144
Among people born in Egypt, Farag Foda ranks 415 out of 582. Before him are Nabil Elaraby (1935), Lajin (1300), Senebkay (-1700), Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah (1149), Mariamne (-100), and Atom Egoyan (1960). After him are Safiya Zaghloul (1876), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Alaa Al Aswany (1957), Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), and Konstantinos Tsaldaris (1884).
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 409
1300 - 1299
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 410
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 411
1149 - 1160
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 412
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 413
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 414
1946 - 1992
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 415
1876 - 1946
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 416
1940 - 2016
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 417
300 - 313
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 418
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 419
1754 - 1822
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 420
1884 - 1970
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 421
Among writers born in Egypt, Farag Foda ranks 42. Before him are Salama Moussa (1887), Eutychius of Alexandria (877), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Georges Schehadé (1905), Doria Shafik (1908), and Ammonius of Alexandria (300). After him are Alaa Al Aswany (1957), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Apion (-30), Yusuf Idris (1927), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), and Sotion (-250).
1887 - 1958
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 36
877 - 940
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 37
100 - 200
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 38
1905 - 1989
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 39
1908 - 1975
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 40
300 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 41
1946 - 1992
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 42
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 43
1886 - 1918
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 44
30 BC - 45
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 45
1927 - 1991
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 46
1872 - 1932
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 47
250 BC - 170 BC
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 48