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Mehran Karimi Nasseri

1942 - 2022

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Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Persian: مهران کریمی ناصری, pronounced [mehˈrɒn kæriˈmi nɒseˈri]; 1945 – 12 November 2022), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran, was an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized. His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004. Nasseri's story inspired the 1993 film Lost in Transit and the 2004 film The Terminal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mehran Karimi Nasseri has received more than 6,082,373 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mehran Karimi Nasseri is the 26th most popular celebrity (down from 25th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Iran and the most popular Iranian Celebrity.

Mehran Karimi Nasseri is most famous for being the "world's loneliest man" and for living in a airport for 18 years.

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  • 62.78

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

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  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 26 out of 265. Before him are Dodi Fayed, Black Dahlia, Anna Anderson, Rosalia Lombardo, Kim Kardashian, and Myrtle Corbin. After him are Marie Duplessis, Margaret Brown, Peggy Guggenheim, Thérésa Tallien, Keke Geladze, and Besarion Jughashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 73. Before him are Giacomo Agostini, Thabo Mbeki, Tony Buzan, René Angélil, Carlos Reutemann, and Gilberto Gil. After him are Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vicente Fox, Maurizio Pollini, Muhammadu Buhari, Junichiro Koizumi, and Peter Greenaway. Among people deceased in 2022, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 49. Before him are Kakuichi Mimura, Jacques Perrin, Ivica Osim, Jerry Lee Lewis, Issey Miyake, and Angelo Badalamenti. After him are Louise Fletcher, Meat Loaf, Antonio Inoki, Arata Isozaki, Valeri Polyakov, and James Lovelock.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 121 out of 631. Before him are Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Bardiya (-580), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Narges Mohammadi (1972), and Arses of Persia (-360). After him are Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), Abbas III (1732), Sasan (200), Vologases I of Parthia (1), Sultan Husayn (1668), and Tahmasp II (1704).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Iran

Among celebrities born in Iran, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 1. After him are Shermine Shahrivar (1982).

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