POLITICIAN

Farouk of Egypt

1920 - 1965

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Farouk I (; Arabic: فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a military coup in 1952. His full title was "His Majesty Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and the Sudan". As king, Farouk was known for his extravagant playboy lifestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farouk of Egypt has received more than 2,793,856 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Farouk of Egypt is the 644th most popular politician (up from 711th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Egypt and the 19th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Farouk was the last king of Egypt and is most famous for being overthrown by a military coup d'état in 1952.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Farouk of Egypt ranks 644 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles I of Anjou, Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Robert Mugabe, Abd al-Rahman I, Gaiseric, and Ehud Barak. After him are Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Louis, Dauphin of France, Hassan Rouhani, and Archduchess Gisela of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Farouk of Egypt ranks 9. Before him are Isaac Asimov, Yul Brynner, Charles Bukowski, Rosalind Franklin, Toshiro Mifune, and Ray Bradbury. After him are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Paul Celan, Mario Puzo, Owen Chamberlain, Melina Mercouri, and Gianni Rodari. Among people deceased in 1965, Farouk of Egypt ranks 6. Before him are Winston Churchill, Malcolm X, Le Corbusier, Albert Schweitzer, and Syngman Rhee. After him are Martin Buber, Moshe Sharett, Stan Laurel, Edward Victor Appleton, Eli Cohen, and Louise Mountbatten.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Farouk of Egypt ranks 49 out of 642. Before him are Ahmose I (-1560), Sneferu (-2700), Ramesses III (-1217), Thutmose I (-1600), Philo (-15), and Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (-62). After him are Manetho (-201), Smenkhkare (-1400), Tiye (-1398), Cleopatra I Syra (-204), Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922), and Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Farouk of Egypt ranks 19. Before him are Menkaure (-2001), Caesarion (-47), Ahmose I (-1560), Sneferu (-2700), Thutmose I (-1600), and Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (-62). After him are Smenkhkare (-1400), Cleopatra I Syra (-204), Shoshenq I (-1000), Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (-60), Cleopatra Selene II (-40), and Djedefre (-2600).

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