1903 - 2000
Habib Bourguiba ( ; Arabic: الحبيب بورقيبة, romanized: el-Ḥabīb Būrgībah; 3 August 1903 – 6 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia (1956–1957) then as the first president of Tunisia (1957–1987). Prior to his presidency, he led the nation to independence from France, ending the 75-year-old protectorate and earning the title of "Supreme Combatant". Born in Monastir to a poor family, he attended Sadiki College then Lycée Carnot in Tunis, before obtaining his baccalaureate in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Habib Bourguiba has received more than 894,744 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Habib Bourguiba is the 1,072nd most popular politician (up from 1,110th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Tunisia (up from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Tunisian Politician.
Habib Bourguiba was the first president of Tunisia. He is most famous for his modernization efforts, including making education free and mandatory.
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Among politicians, Habib Bourguiba ranks 1,072 out of 15,577. Before him are Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Ariq Böke, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Alfredo Stroessner, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, and Shaka. After him are Emperor Kōmei, Nabopolassar, Eric XIV of Sweden, David Lloyd George, Alpha Condé, and William Henry Harrison.
1844 - 1916
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 1,066
1219 - 1266
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 1,067
430 BC - 366 BC
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 1,068
1912 - 2006
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 1,069
1247 - 1318
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 1,070
1787 - 1828
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 1,071
1903 - 2000
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 1,072
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 1,073
658 BC - 605 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 1,074
1533 - 1577
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 1,075
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 1,076
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 1,077
1773 - 1841
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 1,078
Among people born in 1903, Habib Bourguiba ranks 13. Before him are Georges Simenon, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, John Dillinger, Vladimir Horowitz, Mark Rothko, and Kane Tanaka. After him are Fernandel, Galeazzo Ciano, Marguerite Yourcenar, Rudolf Abel, Andrey Kolmogorov, and Yasujirō Ozu. Among people deceased in 2000, Habib Bourguiba ranks 5. Before him are Hafez al-Assad, Hedy Lamarr, Władysław Szpilman, and Ingrid of Sweden. After him are Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, Emil Zátopek, Roger Vadim, Stanley Matthews, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and Lída Baarová.
1903 - 1989
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 7
1903 - 1946
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 8
1903 - 1934
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 9
1903 - 1989
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 10
1903 - 1970
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 11
1903 - 2022
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 12
1903 - 2000
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 13
1903 - 1971
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 14
1903 - 1944
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 15
1903 - 1987
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 16
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 17
1903 - 1987
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 18
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 19
1930 - 2000
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 1
1914 - 2000
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 2
1911 - 2000
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 3
1910 - 2000
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 4
1903 - 2000
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 5
1909 - 2000
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 6
1914 - 2000
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 7
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 8
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 9
1915 - 2000
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 10
1928 - 2000
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 11
1914 - 2000
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 12
Among people born in Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba ranks 8 out of 179. Before him are Ibn Khaldun (1332), Claudia Cardinale (1938), Tertullian (155), Terence (-185), Cyprian (200), and Hamilcar Barca (-275). After him are Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936), Hasdrubal Barca (-300), Masinissa (-238), Hanno the Navigator (-633), Mago Barca (-243), and Clodius Albinus (150).
1332 - 1406
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 3
155 - 220
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 4
185 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 5
200 - 258
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 6
275 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 7
1903 - 2000
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 8
1936 - 2019
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 9
300 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 10
238 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
633 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 12
243 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 13
150 - 197
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 14
Among politicians born in Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba ranks 2. Before him are Hannibal (-183). After him are Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936), Masinissa (-238), Mago Barca (-243), Clodius Albinus (150), Aemilianus (207), Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Gunthamund (450), Hasdrubal the Fair (-270), Gordian II (190), and Sophonisba (-300).
183 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 86.56
Rank: 1
1903 - 2000
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 2
1936 - 2019
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 3
238 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 4
243 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 5
150 - 197
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 6
207 - 253
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 7
1926 - 2019
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 8
450 - 477
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 9
270 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 10
190 - 238
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 11
300 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 12