MILITARY PERSONNEL

Issam Zahreddine

1961 - 2017

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Issam Jad'aan Zahreddine (Arabic: عِصَام جَدْعَان زَهْر الدِّين, romanized: ʿIṣām Jadʿān Zahr ad-Dīn, 9 September 1961 – 18 October 2017; also transliterated as Zaher Eldin or Zaher al-Deen) was a Syrian military officer and former commander of the Syrian Republican Guard. He played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian government forces on several fronts. His most prominent role was the leadership of the surrounded Syrian forces during the over three-year long Siege of Deir ez-Zor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Issam Zahreddine has received more than 363,140 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Issam Zahreddine is the 1,852nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,550th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Syria (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Syrian Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Issam Zahreddines by language

Over the past year Issam Zahreddine has had the most page views in the with 19,536 views, followed by Arabic (16,044), and French (3,168). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (87.56%), Japanese (53.58%), and Egyptian Arabic (51.08%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Issam Zahreddine ranks 1,852 out of 2,058. Before him are Volodymyr Pravyk, Kyrylo Budanov, John Bell Hood, Albert Ball, Anton Grasser, and Sergey Gritsevets. After him are Mohammad Ali Jafari, Alexandros Othonaios, Hugh S. Johnson, Charles Q. Brown Jr., Ibrahim Traoré, and William Alexander Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Issam Zahreddine ranks 293. Before him are Stefan Ruzowitzky, Kai-Fu Lee, Latifa, Lauren Lane, Manuel Estiarte, and Hany Abu-Assad. After him are Benny Chan, Penny Johnson Jerald, Bill Camp, Marc-André Hamelin, Werner Günthör, and Sally Yeh. Among people deceased in 2017, Issam Zahreddine ranks 396. Before him are Tullio Baraglia, Vladimir Makanin, Habib Thiam, Marina Popovich, Károly Makk, and Robert Hirsch. After him are Joy Fleming, Roy Dotrice, Ivar Aronsson, June Foray, Osvaldo Fattori, and István Szondy.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Issam Zahreddine ranks 170 out of 210. Before him are George Wassouf (1961), Ali Farzat (1951), Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903), Bushra al-Assad (1960), Youssef Absi (1946), and Riad al-Asaad (1961). After him are Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977), Assala Nasri (1969), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), Adel Safar (1953), Maximos IV Sayegh (1878), and Moaz al-Khatib (1960).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Syria

Among military personnels born in Syria, Issam Zahreddine ranks 3. Before him are Maher al-Assad (1967), and Riad al-Asaad (1961). After him are Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Rojda Felat (1980), and Asia Ramazan Antar (1997).

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