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Luqman

1100 BC - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luqman ranks 638 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100 BC, Luqman ranks 3Before 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.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Luqman ranks 3 out of 29Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Sudan

Among writers born in Sudan, Luqman ranks 1After him are Tayeb Salih (1929).