1929 - Today
Mohamed Al-Fayed (; Egyptian Arabic: محمد الفايد [mæˈħæmmæd elˈfæːjed]; born Mohamed Fayed, 27 January 1929) is an Egyptian-born businessman whose residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. Fayed's business interests include ownership of Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods department store and Fulham F.C., both in London. Fayed's son, from his first marriage to Samira Khashoggi from 1954 to 1956, Dodi, was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Al-Fayed has received more than 4,388,289 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mohamed Al-Fayed is the 47th most popular businessperson (up from 78th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 155th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Businessperson.
Mohamed al-Fayed is most famous for owning Harrods, the iconic London department store.
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Among businesspeople, Mohamed Al-Fayed ranks 47 out of 604. Before him are Jeff Bezos, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, João Havelange, Robert Kiyosaki, Henri Nestlé, and Sergei Diaghilev. After him are Thomas Cook, Otto Frank, Johns Hopkins, Madam C. J. Walker, Aga Khan IV, and Joan Gamper.
1964 - Present
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 41
1870 - 1950
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 42
1916 - 2016
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 44
1814 - 1890
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 45
1872 - 1929
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 46
1929 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 47
1808 - 1892
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 48
1889 - 1980
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 49
1795 - 1873
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 50
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 51
1936 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 52
1877 - 1930
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 53
Among people born in 1929, Mohamed Al-Fayed ranks 28. Before him are Oriana Fallaci, Irene Papas, Tigran Petrosian, Sándor Kocsis, Yayoi Kusama, and Chet Baker. After him are Hafizullah Amin, George Steiner, Djalma Santos, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Stirling Moss, and Graham Hill.
1929 - 2006
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 22
1929 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 23
1929 - 1984
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 24
1929 - 1979
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 25
1929 - Present
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 26
1929 - 1988
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 27
1929 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 28
1929 - 1979
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 29
1929 - 2020
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 30
1929 - 2013
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 31
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 32
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 33
1929 - 1975
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 34
Among people born in Egypt, Mohamed Al-Fayed ranks 84 out of 520. Before him are Lactantius (250), Saint Sarah (100), Ctesibius (-284), Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), Sayyid Qutb (1906), and Teti (-2350). After him are Pappus of Alexandria (290), Seti II (-1300), Saint Maurice (250), Athenaeus (200), Mohamed Morsi (1951), and Paul of Thebes (227).
250 - 325
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 78
100 - 100
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 79
284 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 80
184 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 81
1906 - 1966
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 82
2350 BC - 2350 BC
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 83
1929 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 84
290 - 350
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 85
1300 BC - 1194 BC
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 86
250 - 287
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 87
200 - 223
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 88
1951 - 2019
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 89
227 - 342
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 90
Among businesspeople born in Egypt, Mohamed Al-Fayed ranks 1. After him are Haim Saban (1944).