1933 - 2017
Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, romanized: Celal Talebanî; Arabic: جلال طالباني Jalāl Ṭālabānī; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014, as well as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq. He was ethnically Kurdish. Talabani was the founder and secretary-general of one of the main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jalal Talabani has received more than 1,490,111 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Jalal Talabani is the 1,092nd most popular politician (down from 1,029th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 28th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iraqi Politician.
Jalal Talabani is most famous for being the president of Iraq from 2005-2014.
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Among politicians, Jalal Talabani ranks 1,092 out of 15,577. Before him are Theodoric the Great, Sunjo of Joseon, Klement Gottwald, Hassan Rouhani, Afonso V of Portugal, and Constans II. After him are Charles XV of Sweden, Isaac II Angelos, Rani of Jhansi, Yu the Great, James Buchanan, and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
454 - 526
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1,086
1790 - 1834
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1,087
1896 - 1953
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1,088
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,089
1432 - 1481
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,090
630 - 668
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,091
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,092
1826 - 1872
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 1,093
1155 - 1204
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 1,094
1828 - 1858
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 1,095
2123 BC - 2055 BC
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 1,096
1791 - 1868
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 1,097
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 1,098
Among people born in 1933, Jalal Talabani ranks 19. Before him are Nina Simone, Amartya Sen, Claudio Abbado, Abolhassan Banisadr, Tinto Brass, and Philip Roth. After him are Susan Sontag, Just Fontaine, Lina Medina, Paul Biya, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Heinrich Rohrer. Among people deceased in 2017, Jalal Talabani ranks 14. Before him are David Rockefeller, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jeanne Moreau, Salvatore Riina, Raymond Kopa, and Chuck Berry. After him are Hugh Hefner, John Hurt, Mireille Darc, Manuel Noriega, Johnny Hallyday, and Glen Campbell.
1933 - 2003
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 14
1933 - 2014
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 15
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 16
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 17
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 18
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 19
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 20
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 21
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 23
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 24
1933 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 25
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 8
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 9
1928 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 10
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 11
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 12
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 13
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 14
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 15
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 16
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 17
1934 - 2017
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 18
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 19
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 20
Among people born in Iraq, Jalal Talabani ranks 32 out of 338. Before him are Nur ad-Din (1116), Idris (-3500), Fuzûlî (1494), Gudea (-2200), Muhammad al-Mahdi (869), and Nabopolassar (-658). After him are Ismail al-Jazari (1136), Ur-Nammu (-2200), Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Eber (-2038), Möngke Khan (1209), and Antiochus I Soter (-324).
1116 - 1174
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 26
3500 BC - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 27
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 28
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 29
869 - 941
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 30
658 BC - 605 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 31
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 32
1136 - 1206
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 33
2200 BC - 2094 BC
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 34
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 35
2038 BC - 1574 BC
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 36
1209 - 1259
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 37
324 BC - 261 BC
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 38
Among politicians born in Iraq, Jalal Talabani ranks 16. Before him are Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Khosrow II (570), Al-Ma'mun (786), Nur ad-Din (1116), Gudea (-2200), and Nabopolassar (-658). After him are Ur-Nammu (-2200), Möngke Khan (1209), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Suleyman Shah (1178), Shalmaneser III (-900), and Al-Mu'tasim (796).
1200 BC - 1104 BC
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 10
570 - 628
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 11
786 - 833
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 12
1116 - 1174
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 13
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 14
658 BC - 605 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 15
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 16
2200 BC - 2094 BC
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 17
1209 - 1259
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 18
324 BC - 261 BC
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 19
1178 - 1236
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
900 BC - 824 BC
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 21
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 22