1902 - 1973
Fouad Abdallah Chehab (Arabic: فُؤاد عبد الله شِهاب / ALA-LC: Fuʼād ʻAbd Allāh Shihāb; 19 March 1902 – 25 April 1973) was a Lebanese general and statesman who served as President of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964. He is considered to be the founder of the Lebanese Army after Lebanon gained independence from France, and became its first commander in 1946. Born in Ghazir to a family that traced its origins to nobility, Chehab joined the French Army in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fuad Chehab has received more than 150,718 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Fuad Chehab is the 9,581st most popular politician (down from 7,709th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Lebanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Fuad Chehab ranks 9,581 out of 15,577. Before him are Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Muhammad III of Granada, Hiltrud, Salchak Toka, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, and Nasser Al-Sabah. After him are Gagik II of Armenia, Yves Leterme, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Georges Marchais, Hadadezer, and Igor Moiseyev.
1926 - 2008
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 9,575
1257 - 1314
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,576
715 - 754
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,577
1901 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,578
1766 - 1842
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,579
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,580
1902 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,581
1024 - 1076
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,582
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,583
1901 - 1966
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,584
1920 - 1997
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,585
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,586
1906 - 2007
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,587
Among people born in 1902, Fuad Chehab ranks 135. Before him are Andrew Irvine, K. Shivaram Karanth, Anthony Asquith, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Regina Jonas. After him are Józef Maria Bocheński, Dutch Schultz, Josef Krips, Luis Cernuda, Ansel Adams, and Zino Francescatti. Among people deceased in 1973, Fuad Chehab ranks 115. Before him are Alexander Mosolov, Dean Corll, Alexander Vandegrift, Joseph Szigeti, Karel Ančerl, and Salchak Toka. After him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Johannes Aavik, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Paul van Zeeland, Âşık Veysel, and Lauri Lehtinen.
1902 - 1924
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 129
1902 - 1997
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 130
1902 - 1968
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 131
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 132
1902 - 1987
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 133
1902 - 1944
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 134
1902 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 135
1902 - 1995
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 136
1902 - 1935
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 137
1902 - 1974
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 138
1902 - 1963
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 139
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 140
1902 - 1991
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 141
1900 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 109
1939 - 1973
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 110
1887 - 1973
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 111
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 112
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 113
1901 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 114
1902 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 115
1915 - 1973
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 116
1880 - 1973
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 117
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 118
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 119
1894 - 1973
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 120
1908 - 1973
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 121
Among people born in Lebanon, Fuad Chehab ranks 67 out of 138. Before him are Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), Fakhr al-Din II (1572), Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), René Moawad (1925), and Fawzi al-Qawuqji (1890). After him are Abbas al-Musawi (1952), Gabriel Yared (1949), Antoun Saadeh (1904), Riad Al Solh (1894), Imad Mughniyah (1962), and Rashid Karami (1921).
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
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 69
1904 - 1949
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 70
1894 - 1951
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 71
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 72
1921 - 1987
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 73
Among politicians born in Lebanon, Fuad Chehab ranks 30. Before him are Abdalonymus (-305), Walid Jumblatt (1949), Samir Geagea (1952), Fakhr al-Din II (1572), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), and René Moawad (1925). After him are Abbas al-Musawi (1952), Riad Al Solh (1894), Imad Mughniyah (1962), Rashid Karami (1921), Hassan Diab (1959), and Selim Hoss (1929).
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
1921 - 1987
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 34
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 35
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 36