MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hossein Salami

1960 - Today

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Hossein Salami (Persian: حسین سلامی; born 1960) is an Iranian military officer who is the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Born in Golpayegan, he joined the IRGC during the Iran–Iraq War, when he was a college student. He rose through the ranks, becoming deputy commander. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hossein Salami has received more than 553,179 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hossein Salami is the 1,384th most popular military personnel (up from 1,538th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Iran (up from 341st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hossein Salami ranks 1,384 out of 2,058. Before him are Gennady Zhidko, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Sergei Khudyakov, Georg von Derfflinger, Cândido Rondon, and Magnia Urbica. After him are Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Gyula Cseszneky, and Erich Bey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hossein Salami ranks 143. Before him are Jan Wouters, Christian Petzold, Mark Rylance, Gadi Eisenkot, Werner Faymann, and Richard Sammel. After him are Oliver Platt, Robin Shou, Rob Marshall, José Peseiro, Richard Linklater, and Angélique Kidjo.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hossein Salami ranks 298 out of 631. Before him are The Iron Sheik (1942), Mehdi Karroubi (1937), Arash (1977), Abbas (1944), Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1877), and Mithridates V of Parthia (100). After him are Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Amastrine (-400), Jafar Khan (1800), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Kader Abdolah (1954), and Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iran

Among military personnels born in Iran, Hossein Salami ranks 7. Before him are Tughril (990), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Bahram Chobin (600), Datis (-600), Harpagus (-700), and Esmail Ghaani (1957). After him are Jalil Zandi (1951), Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Nasser Shabani (1957), and Razi Mousavi (1962).

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