1918 - 1970
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (; 15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the 1952 overthrow of the monarchy and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization, put President Mohamed Naguib under house arrest and assumed executive office. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gamal Abdel Nasser has received more than 5,293,313 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Gamal Abdel Nasser is the 177th most popular politician (up from 183rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 19th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Egyptian Politician.
Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second president of Egypt. He was most famous for being the leader of Egypt during the Suez Crisis and the Six-Day War.
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Among politicians, Gamal Abdel Nasser ranks 177 out of 15,710. Before him are Klemens von Metternich, Harry S. Truman, Septimius Severus, William I, German Emperor, Henry II of France, and Björn Ironside. After him are Alexander I of Russia, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Rodrigo Duterte, Mars, David Ben-Gurion, and Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire.
1773 - 1859
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 171
1884 - 1972
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 172
145 - 211
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 173
1797 - 1888
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 174
1519 - 1559
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 175
800 - 876
HPI: 83.30
Rank: 176
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 177
1777 - 1825
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 178
1890 - 1969
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 179
1945 - Present
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 180
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 181
1886 - 1973
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 182
1615 - 1648
HPI: 83.23
Rank: 183
Among people born in 1918, Gamal Abdel Nasser ranks 4. Before him are Nelson Mandela, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Ingmar Bergman. After him are Anwar Sadat, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Richard Feynman, Robert Wadlow, Kurt Waldheim, Louis Althusser, Leonard Bernstein, and Rita Hayworth. Among people deceased in 1970, Gamal Abdel Nasser ranks 5. Before him are Charles de Gaulle, Bertrand Russell, Janis Joplin, and Abraham Maslow. After him are Erich Maria Remarque, Jimi Hendrix, António de Oliveira Salazar, Sukarno, Yukio Mishima, Max Born, and Hjalmar Schacht.
1918 - 2013
HPI: 91.88
Rank: 1
1918 - 1989
HPI: 86.71
Rank: 2
1918 - 2007
HPI: 83.84
Rank: 3
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 4
1918 - 1981
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 5
1918 - 2008
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 6
1918 - 1988
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 7
1918 - 1940
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 8
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 9
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 10
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 11
1918 - 1987
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 12
1890 - 1970
HPI: 87.21
Rank: 1
1872 - 1970
HPI: 84.90
Rank: 2
1943 - 1970
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 3
1908 - 1970
HPI: 83.65
Rank: 4
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 5
1898 - 1970
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 6
1942 - 1970
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 7
1889 - 1970
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 8
1901 - 1970
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 9
1925 - 1970
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 10
1882 - 1970
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 11
1877 - 1970
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 12
Among people born in Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser ranks 17 out of 520. Before him are Joshua (-1355), Origen (185), Amenhotep III (-1403), Imhotep (-2800), Hosni Mubarak (1928), and Plotinus (203). After him are Anthony the Great (251), Anwar Sadat (1918), Rudolf Hess (1894), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), and Hero of Alexandria (10).
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 11
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 12
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 13
2800 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 14
1928 - 2020
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 15
203 - 270
HPI: 83.77
Rank: 16
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 17
251 - 356
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 18
1918 - 1981
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 19
1894 - 1987
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 20
287 - 305
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 21
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 82.09
Rank: 22
10 - 75
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 23
Among politicians born in Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser ranks 8. Before him are Akhenaten (-1400), Cleopatra (-69), Yasser Arafat (1929), Hatshepsut (-1507), Amenhotep III (-1403), and Hosni Mubarak (1928). After him are Anwar Sadat (1918), Rudolf Hess (1894), Khafra (-2550), Seti I (-1323), Khufu (-2700), and Caesarion (-47).
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 2
69 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 3
1929 - 2004
HPI: 85.11
Rank: 4
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 84.54
Rank: 5
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 6
1928 - 2020
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 7
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 8
1918 - 1981
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 9
1894 - 1987
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 10
2550 BC - 2479 BC
HPI: 81.68
Rank: 11
1323 BC - 1279 BC
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 12
2700 BC - 2570 BC
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 13
47 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 80.73
Rank: 14