1938 - Today
Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی, née Diba (دیبا); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Empress (شهبانو, Shahbanu) of Iran from 1959 to 1979. She was born into a prosperous family whose fortunes were diminished after her father's early death. While studying architecture in Paris, she was introduced to Mohammad Reza at the Iranian embassy, and they were married in December 1959. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farah Pahlavi has received more than 3,528,586 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Farah Pahlavi is the 853rd most popular politician (down from 663rd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Iran (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Iranian Politician.
Farah Pahlavi is most famous for being the wife of the Shah of Iran. She was the Empress of Iran from 1967 to 1979.
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Among politicians, Farah Pahlavi ranks 853 out of 15,577. Before her are Wilm Hosenfeld, Islam Karimov, Jozef Tiso, Aurangzeb, Kara Mustafa Pasha, and Qaboos bin Said al Said. After her are Ahmad Shah Massoud, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Eleanor of Austria.
1895 - 1952
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 847
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 848
1887 - 1947
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 849
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 850
1634 - 1683
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 851
1940 - 2020
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 852
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 853
1953 - 2001
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 854
1275 - 1313
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 855
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 856
1086 - 1125
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 857
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 858
1498 - 1558
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 859
Among people born in 1938, Farah Pahlavi ranks 13. Before her are Jon Voight, Rudolf Nureyev, Queen Sofía of Spain, Leonid Kuchma, Nico, and Islam Karimov. After her are Joe Dassin, Paul Verhoeven, Christopher Lloyd, Alberto Fujimori, Anthony Giddens, and Jean Seberg.
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 7
1938 - 1993
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 8
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 10
1938 - 1988
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 11
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 12
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 13
1938 - 1980
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 14
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 15
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 16
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 17
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 18
1938 - 1979
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 19
Among people born in Iran, Farah Pahlavi ranks 40 out of 528. Before her are Reza Shah (1878), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Ardashir I (180), Shapur I (150), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), and Shams Tabrizi (1185). After her are Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Cambyses I (-600), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Astyages (-700), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), and Yazdegerd III (624).
1878 - 1944
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 34
241 BC - 187 BC
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 35
180 - 242
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 36
150 - 270
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 37
817 - 875
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 38
1185 - 1248
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 39
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 40
1817 - 1892
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 41
600 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 42
1210 - 1291
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 43
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 44
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 45
624 - 652
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 46
Among politicians born in Iran, Farah Pahlavi ranks 18. Before her are Khosrow I (501), Darius II (-475), Reza Shah (1878), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Ardashir I (180), and Shapur I (150). After her are Cambyses I (-600), Astyages (-700), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Yazdegerd III (624), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), and Hassan Rouhani (1948).
501 - 579
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 12
475 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 13
1878 - 1944
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 14
241 BC - 187 BC
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 15
180 - 242
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 16
150 - 270
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 17
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 18
600 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 19
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 20
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 21
624 - 652
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 22
1247 - 1318
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 24