1100 BC - Today
Luqman (Arabic: لقمان, romanized: Luqmān; also known as Luqman the Wise or Luqman al-Hakim) was a wise man after whom Surah Luqman, the 31st sura (chapter) of the Quran, was named. According to Ibn Kathir, he is believed to have been from Nubia, Sudan or Ethiopia. There are many stories about Luqman in Persian, Arabic and Turkish literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luqman has received more than 817,626 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Luqman is the 638th most popular writer (up from 876th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Sudan (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Sudanese Writer.
Luqman is most famous for his incredible wisdom and his teachings.
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Among writers, Luqman ranks 638 out of 5,755. Before him are Carlo Gozzi, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Curzio Malaparte, Edmond Rostand, Leo Africanus, and Stieg Larsson. After him are Verner von Heidenstam, Amin Maalouf, Thomas Harris, Andrea Camilleri, William McMaster Murdoch, and Robert E. Howard.
1720 - 1806
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 632
1090 - 1155
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 633
1898 - 1957
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 634
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 635
1494 - 1554
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 636
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 637
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 638
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 639
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 640
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 641
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 642
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 643
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 644
Among people born in 1100 BC, Luqman ranks 3. Before him are Samuel and Ish-bosheth. After him are Psusennes I, Duke of Zhou, King Cheng of Zhou, Psusennes II, Amenemnisu, Witch of Endor, Osorkon the Elder, Ashurnasirpal I, and Pinedjem II.
1100 BC - 1010 BC
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 1
1100 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 2
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 3
1100 BC - 1001 BC
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 4
1100 BC - 1032 BC
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 5
1100 BC - 1021 BC
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 6
1100 BC - 945 BC
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 7
1100 BC - 1047 BC
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 8
1100 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 9
1100 BC - 986 BC
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 10
1100 BC - 1060 BC
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 11
1100 BC - 969 BC
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 12
Among people born in Sudan, Luqman ranks 3 out of 29. Before him are Omar al-Bashir (1944) and Muhammad Ahmad (1844). After him are Josephine Bakhita (1868), Piye (-800), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), John Garang (1945), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960).
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 2
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 3
1868 - 1947
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 4
800 BC - 716 BC
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 5
1930 - 2009
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 7
1945 - 2005
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 8
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 9
1846 - 1899
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 10
1900 - 1983
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 11
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Sudan, Luqman ranks 1. After him are Tayeb Salih (1929).