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George Habash

1926 - 2008

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George Habash (Arabic: جورج حبش, romanized: Jūrj Ḥabash), also known by his laqab "Al-Hakim" (Arabic: الحكيم, romanized: Al-Ḥakīm, lit. 'The Wise Man or The Doctor'; 1 August 1926 – 26 January 2008), was a Palestinian politician and physician who founded the Marxist–Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).Habash was born in Lydda, Mandatory Palestine in 1926. In 1948, 19-year-old Habash, a medical student at the American University of Beirut, went to his home town of Lydda during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, when the people of the city and his family were driven out in what became known as the Lydda Death March that led to the death of his sister. In 1951, after graduating first in his class from medical school, Habash worked in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and ran a clinic in Amman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Habash has received more than 664,743 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). George Habash is the 27th most popular extremist (up from 56th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Israel (up from 107th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Extremist.

George Habash is most famous for founding the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Habashes by language

Over the past year George Habash has had the most page views in the with 191,959 views, followed by Arabic (69,997), and French (32,911). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (292.48%), Turkish (212.31%), and Hebrew (189.43%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, George Habash ranks 27 out of 283. Before him are Ed Gein, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Albert Fish, Charles Ponzi, Carlos the Jackal, and Patrizia Reggiani. After him are Frederick Trump, Amon Göth, Luis Carrero Blanco, Abu Nidal, Otto Ohlendorf, and Cleon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, George Habash ranks 30. Before him are Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Paul Bocuse, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Donald A. Glaser, Ivan Illich, and Leopoldo Galtieri. After him are John Coltrane, Beji Caid Essebsi, Allen Ginsberg, Tsung-Dao Lee, Paul Berg, and Harper Lee. Among people deceased in 2008, George Habash ranks 21. Before him are Hua Guofeng, Willis Lamb, Richard Widmark, Richard Wright, Sydney Pollack, and Harold Pinter. After him are Jørn Utzon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, Michael Crichton, Jacques Piccard, and Roy Scheider.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, George Habash ranks 81 out of 466. Before him are Edward Said (1935), Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947), Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1105), Jehoash of Judah (-843), Penitent thief (-18), and Amon of Judah (-660). After him are Yitzhak Navon (1921), Jeconiah (-700), Annas (-22), Unas (-2400), Ahaziah of Israel (-870), and Canaan (null).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Israel

Among extremists born in Israel, George Habash ranks 1. After him are Abu Nidal (1937), Wadie Haddad (1927), Sirhan Sirhan (1944), and Yigal Amir (1970).

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