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Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani

1932 - 2016

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Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (Arabic: خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني; 17 September 1932 – 23 October 2016) was the Emir of Qatar from 27 February 1972 until he was deposed by his son Hamad bin Khalifa in a coup on 27 June 1995. He died during the reign of his grandson, the current Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani has received more than 1,133,476 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani is the 3,273rd most popular politician (up from 4,242nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Qatar and the 2nd most popular Qatari Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani ranks 3,273 out of 19,576. Before him are Prem Tinsulanonda, Cao Zhi, Emperor Ōgimachi, Cecrops I, Marcus Annius Verus, and Mihály Károlyi. After him are Ferdinand II of Portugal, Junichiro Koizumi, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Rudolph II of Burgundy, Ephialtes, and U Nu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani ranks 56. Before him are Vytautas Landsbergis, Robert Mundell, Thomas Klestil, Louis Malle, Harriet Andersson, and John Searle. After him are Algirdas Brazauskas, Rainer Weiss, Nam June Paik, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Piper Laurie, and Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner. Among people deceased in 2016, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani ranks 57. Before him are Michèle Morgan, George Gaynes, Junko Tabei, Viktor Korchnoi, Ettore Scola, and Harry Kroto. After him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Reinhard Selten, Patricio Aylwin, Hilary Putnam, Robert Vaughn, and Jacques Rivette.

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In Qatar

Among people born in Qatar, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani ranks 3 out of 41. Before him are Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1952), and Isaac of Nineveh (640). After him are Moza bint Nasser (1959), Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (1980), Nasser Al-Khelaifi (1973), Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani (1920), Mohammed bin Thani (1788), Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani (1880), Nasser Al-Attiyah (1970), Mohammed bin Hammam (1949), and Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Qatar

Among politicians born in Qatar, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani ranks 2. Before him are Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1952). After him are Moza bint Nasser (1959), Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (1980), Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani (1920), Mohammed bin Thani (1788), Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani (1880), Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1959), Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani (1960), Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani (1968), Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani (1959), and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (1980).

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