1974 - Today
Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile events, and the former world record holder in the 2000 metres. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hicham El Guerrouj has received more than 1,649,874 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Hicham El Guerrouj is the 250th most popular athlete (up from 328th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 71st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Moroccan Athlete.
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Among athletes, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 250 out of 3,059. Before him are Maxie Long, Alexander Ragulin, Gert Fredriksson, Benjamin Kogo, Lis Hartel, and Ludvík Daněk. After him are Dimitrios Golemis, Veikko Karvonen, Julius Skutnabb, Pål Tyldum, Lyudmila Bragina, and Karl Staaf.
1878 - 1959
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 244
1941 - 2004
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 245
1919 - 2006
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 246
1944 - 2022
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 247
1921 - 2009
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 248
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 249
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 250
1874 - 1941
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 251
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 252
1889 - 1965
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 253
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 254
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 255
1881 - 1953
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 256
Among people born in 1974, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 73. Before him are Mutassim Gaddafi, Jimmy Fallon, Misha Collins, Jenna Fischer, Natasha Henstridge, and Edgar Wright. After him are Jasmila Žbanić, Thure Lindhardt, Kim Dotcom, Biz Stone, Angela Gossow, and Claudio López.
1974 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 67
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 68
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 69
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 70
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 71
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 72
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 73
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 74
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 75
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 76
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 77
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 78
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 79
Among people born in Morocco, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 82 out of 198. Before him are Mohammed Karim Lamrani (1919), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Touria Chaoui (1936), Ezzaki Badou (1959), Mustapha Hadji (1971), and Said Belqola (1956). After him are Dominique Mamberti (1952), Alain Souchon (1944), RedOne (1972), Alber Elbaz (1961), Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953), and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (1970).
1919 - 2018
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 76
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 77
1936 - 1956
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 78
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 79
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 80
1956 - 2002
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 81
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 82
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 83
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 84
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 85
1961 - 2021
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 86
1953 - 2017
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 87
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 88
Among athletes born in Morocco, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 3. Before him are Saïd Aouita (1959) and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929). After him are Nawal El Moutawakel (1962), Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Salah Hissou (1972), Khalid Boulami (1969), Mohammed Mourhit (1970), Hasna Benhassi (1978), and Rashid Ramzi (1980).
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 1
1929 - 2000
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 2
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 4
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 5
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 8
1969 - Present
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.74
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.48
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 12