1939 - 2018
Jalaluddin Haqqani (Pashto: جلال الدين حقاني, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥaqqānī) (1939 – 3 September 2018) was an Afghan insurgent commander who founded the Haqqani network, an insurgent group fighting in guerilla warfare against US-led NATO forces and the now former government of Afghanistan they support. He distinguished himself as an internationally sponsored insurgent fighter in the 1980s during the Soviet–Afghan War, including in Operation Magistral. He earned U.S. praise and was called "goodness personified" by the U.S. officials. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jalaluddin Haqqani has received more than 835,693 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jalaluddin Haqqani is the 71st most popular extremist (up from 132nd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Extremist.
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Among extremists, Jalaluddin Haqqani ranks 71 out of 209. Before him are Shamil Basayev, Sada Abe, Charles Sobhraj, Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, and Henry Lee Lucas. After him are Ma Barker, Richard Ramirez, Willi Herold, James Earl Ray, Robert-François Damiens, and Carlo Gambino.
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 65
1905 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 66
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 67
1879 - 1925
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 68
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 69
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 70
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 71
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 72
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 73
1925 - 1946
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 74
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 75
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 76
1902 - 1976
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 77
Among people born in 1939, Jalaluddin Haqqani ranks 70. Before him are Milva, Kathryn Joosten, Susumu Tonegawa, Dale T. Mortensen, Eugene Fama, and Claudio Magris. After him are Emil Constantinescu, Pak Pong-ju, Sidney Altman, Fritjof Capra, Bernard Kouchner, and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. Among people deceased in 2018, Jalaluddin Haqqani ranks 60. Before him are Dolores O'Riordan, Shoko Asahara, Sondra Locke, Wim Kok, Osamu Shimomura, and Gene Sharp. After him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Steve Ditko, Dorothy Malone, Anthony Bourdain, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, and Ruud Lubbers.
1939 - 2021
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 64
1939 - 2012
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 65
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 66
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 67
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 68
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 69
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 70
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 71
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 72
1939 - 2022
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 73
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 74
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 75
1939 - 2003
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 76
1971 - 2018
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 54
1955 - 2018
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 55
1944 - 2018
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 56
1938 - 2018
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 57
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 58
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 59
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 60
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 61
1927 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 62
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 63
1956 - 2018
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 64
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 65
1939 - 2018
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 66
Among people born in Afghanistan, Jalaluddin Haqqani ranks 42 out of 145. Before him are Heracles of Macedon (-327), Abu Maʿshar (787), Khalil Sultan (1384), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), and Ibn al-Rawandi (827). After him are Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Bairam Khan (1501), Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), and Diodotus I (-285).
327 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 36
787 - 886
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 37
1384 - 1411
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 38
1888 - 1946
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 39
1160 - 1206
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 40
827 - 911
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 41
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 42
998 - 1041
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 43
1825 - 1879
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 44
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 45
1501 - 1561
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 46
1006 - 1089
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 47
285 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 48
Among extremists born in Afghanistan, Jalaluddin Haqqani ranks 1.