701 - 833
Abu Muhammad Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham ibn Ayyub al-Himyari (Arabic: أَبُو مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ, romanized: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Hishām ibn Ayyūb al-Ḥimyarī; died 7 May 833), known simply as Ibn Hisham, was a 9th-century Muslim historian and scholar who is known for editing the biography of Islamic prophet Muhammad written by Ibn Ishaq. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Hisham has received more than 325,344 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ibn Hisham is the 575th most popular religious figure (up from 639th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 61st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.
Ibn Hisham was a historian and geographer. He is most famous for his work Kitab al-Tabaghat al-Kubra, which is a history of the world from creation to 961.
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Among religious figures, Ibn Hisham ranks 575 out of 2,238. Before him are Camillus de Lellis, Pope Donus, Ibn Majah, Pope Benedict V, Pope Agapetus I, and Paul the Deacon. After him are Anne Catherine Emmerich, Rabanus Maurus, Pope Marcellinus, Clotilde, John of Capistrano, and Justin Martyr.
1550 - 1614
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 569
610 - 678
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 570
824 - 886
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 571
930 - 965
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 572
490 - 536
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 573
720 - 799
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 574
701 - 833
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 575
1774 - 1824
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 576
780 - 856
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 577
250 - 304
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 578
475 - 545
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 579
1386 - 1456
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 580
100 - 165
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 581
Among people born in 701, Ibn Hisham ranks 2. Before him is Li Bai. After him are Yazid III, Emperor Shōmu, Tzitzak, Saman Khuda, John VII of Constantinople, Al-Khayzuran, Thekla, wife of Michael II, and Theophano of Athens. Among people deceased in 833, Ibn Hisham ranks 2. Before him is Al-Ma'mun. After him are Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, García Galíndez, and Enravota.
701 - 762
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 1
701 - 833
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 2
701 - 744
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 3
701 - 756
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4
701 - 750
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 5
701 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 6
701 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 7
701 - 789
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 8
701 - 823
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 9
701 - 801
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 10
786 - 833
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 1
701 - 833
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 2
786 - 833
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 3
800 - 833
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 4
801 - 833
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 5
Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Hisham ranks 49 out of 338. Before him are Shalmaneser III (-900), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Faisal II of Iraq (1935), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Al-Jahiz (775), and Al-Musta'sim (1213). After him are Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200), Mustafa Barzani (1903), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914), and Tiglath-Pileser III (-755).
900 BC - 824 BC
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 43
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 44
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
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1344 BC - 1321 BC
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
775 - 868
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 47
1213 - 1258
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 48
701 - 833
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 49
2254 BC - 2118 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 50
1200 BC - 1076 BC
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 51
1903 - 1979
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 52
830 - 910
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 53
1914 - 1982
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 54
755 BC - 727 BC
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 55
Among religious figures born in Iraq, Ibn Hisham ranks 11. Before him are Rabia of Basra (710), Ezra (-500), Belshazzar (-600), Idris (-3500), Muhammad al-Mahdi (869), and Eber (-2038). After him are Junayd of Baghdad (830), Hillel the Elder (-110), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), Haran (null), Ibn Sa'd (784), and Ibn Qutaybah (828).
710 - 801
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 5
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 6
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 7
3500 BC - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 8
869 - 941
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 9
2038 BC - 1574 BC
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 10
701 - 833
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 11
830 - 910
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 12
110 BC - 10
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 13
1912 BC - 1764 BC
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 14
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 15
784 - 845
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 16
828 - 889
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 17