RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hafiz Saeed

1950 - Today

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Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید, born 5 June 1950) is a Pakistani Islamic preacher and a militant convicted of terrorism. He co-founded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organization that is designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, India, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Australia, and Russia. He is listed on India's NIA Most Wanted. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hafiz Saeed has received more than 950,724 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hafiz Saeed is the 3,053rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,688th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 111th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Pakistani Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hafiz Saeed ranks 3,053 out of 3,187. Before him are Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Abdul Rahman, Hamza Yusuf, F. F. Bruce, Gianni Ambrosio, and Peter Okpaleke. After him are Trinley Thaye Dorje, Varkey Vithayathil, Salvatore Nunnari, Paulo Cezar Costa, Filipe Neri Ferrão, and Yoshiharu Habu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Hafiz Saeed ranks 679. Before him are Markku Aro, Karen Joy Fowler, Jørgen Marcussen, Joanna Gleason, Raffaele Lombardo, and Ramon Solsona i Sancho. After him are Ann C. Crispin, John Patrick Shanley, Anthony Grafton, Mary Pat Gleason, Scooter Libby, and Bärbel Struppert.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed ranks 131 out of 217. Before him are Baitullah Mehsud (1974), Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895), Suresh Oberoi (1946), Yasmeen Lari (1941), Kuldip Nayar (1923), and Ramesh Sippy (1947). After him are Bhisham Sahni (1915), Abdul Hamid (1927), Parveen Shakir (1952), Ghulam Ali (1940), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958), and Zia Mohyeddin (1931).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Pakistan

Among religious figures born in Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed ranks 7. Before him are Guru Nanak (1469), Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Naropa (1016), Lokaksema (147), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), and Valerian Gracias (1900).

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