1942 - Today
Ghadah Al-Samman (Arabic: غادة السمّان; born 1942) is a Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family. Her father was Ahmed Al-Samman, a president of the University of Damascus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghada al-Samman has received more than 113,782 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ghada al-Samman is the 3,568th most popular writer, the 126th most popular biography from Syria and the 17th most popular Syrian Writer.
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Among writers, Ghada al-Samman ranks 3,568 out of 5,755. Before her are Maurice Genevoix, Jean Desmarets, Carlo Rosselli, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Hella Wuolijoki, and Abraham Jacob van der Aa. After her are Évariste de Parny, Paruyr Sevak, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Anita Brookner, Faltonia Betitia Proba, and Cemal Süreya.
1890 - 1980
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,562
1595 - 1676
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,563
1899 - 1937
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 3,564
1875 - 1948
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 3,565
1886 - 1954
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 3,566
1792 - 1857
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 3,567
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,568
1753 - 1814
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,569
1924 - 1971
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,570
1791 - 1860
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,571
1928 - 2016
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3,572
322 - 370
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3,573
1931 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,574
Among people born in 1942, Ghada al-Samman ranks 327. Before her are Thomas Hammarberg, Kent Andersson, Nobby Stiles, Rosa von Praunheim, Hannes Löhr, and Emília Vášáryová. After her are Petar Nadoveza, Wu Ma, Adolf Ogi, Ion Drîmbă, Marty Balin, and Anneke Grönloh.
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 321
1942 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 322
1942 - 2020
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 323
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 324
1942 - 2016
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 325
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 326
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 327
1942 - 2023
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 328
1942 - 2014
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 329
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 330
1942 - 2006
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 331
1942 - 2018
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 332
1942 - 2018
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 333
Among people born in Syria, Ghada al-Samman ranks 126 out of 181. Before her are Muhammad Zaidan (1948), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Hilarion Capucci (1922), Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), and Assef Shawkat (1950). After her are Maher al-Assad (1967), Philipp Stamma (1705), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), Khalid Bakdash (1912), and Riad al-Asaad (1961).
1948 - 2004
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 120
1890 - 1957
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 121
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 122
1906 - 1998
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 123
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 124
1950 - 2012
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 126
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 127
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 128
1920 - 2012
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 129
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 130
1912 - 1995
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 131
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 132
Among writers born in Syria, Ghada al-Samman ranks 17. Before her are Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Alciphron (200), Cassius Longinus (213), John Moschus (550), Buhturi (819), and Elia Abu Madi (1890). After her are Jacob of Edessa (633), Rafik Schami (1946), Maryana Marrash (1848), Francis Marrash (1837), Zakaria Tamer (1931), and Wafa Sultan (1958).
1389 - 1450
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 11
200 - 200
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 12
213 - 273
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 13
550 - 619
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 14
819 - 897
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 15
1890 - 1957
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 17
633 - 708
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 18
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 19
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 20
1837 - 1873
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 21
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 22
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 23