1934 - 1996
Mohamed Farrah Hassan Garad, known as General Aidid or Aideed (Somali: Maxamed Faarax Xasan Garaad, 'Caydiid Garaad'; Arabic: محمد فرح حسن عيديد; 15 December 1934 – 1 August 1996) was a Somali general and diplomat. Educated in both Rome and Moscow, he served as a chief in the Italian colonial police force and later as a brigadier general in the Somali National Army. He would eventually become chairman of the United Somali Congress (USC), and soon after the Somali National Alliance (SNA). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Farrah Aidid has received more than 2,462,738 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Mohamed Farrah Aidid is the 2,592nd most popular politician (up from 2,994th in 2019), the most popular biography from Somalia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Somali Politician.
Mohamed Farrah Aidid is most famous for being the Somali warlord who led the Somali National Alliance in the Somali Civil War.
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Among politicians, Mohamed Farrah Aidid ranks 2,592 out of 15,577. Before him are George V of Hanover, Harald Greycloak, Georg Michaelis, Chaghri Beg, Moctezuma I, and B. J. Habibie. After him are Mentuhotep III, Emperor Go-Sai, Alfred Hugenberg, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Günter Schabowski, and Dương Văn Minh.
1819 - 1878
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 2,586
935 - 970
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 2,587
1857 - 1936
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 2,588
989 - 1060
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,589
1398 - 1469
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,590
1936 - 2019
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,591
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,592
2050 BC - 2005 BC
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,593
1638 - 1685
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 2,594
1865 - 1951
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,595
1872 - 1925
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,596
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,597
1916 - 2001
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,598
Among people born in 1934, Mohamed Farrah Aidid ranks 38. Before him are Larisa Latynina, Abimael Guzmán, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Roman Herzog, Tarcisio Bertone, and Bill Russell. After him are Alan Arkin, Bill Bixby, Jacques Anquetil, John L. Hall, Diana Wynne Jones, and Niklaus Wirth. Among people deceased in 1996, Mohamed Farrah Aidid ranks 26. Before him are Gene Kelly, Solomon Asch, Silvio Piola, Sergiu Celibidache, Artur Axmann, and Marcel Carné. After him are René Clément, Mohammad Najibullah, Magda Schneider, Timothy Leary, Andreas Papandreou, and Odysseas Elytis.
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 32
1934 - 2021
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 33
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 34
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 35
1934 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 36
1934 - 2022
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 37
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 38
1934 - 2023
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 39
1934 - 1993
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 40
1934 - 1987
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 41
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 42
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 43
1934 - 2024
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 44
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 20
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 21
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 22
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 23
1913 - 1996
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 24
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 25
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 26
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 27
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 28
1909 - 1996
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 29
1920 - 1996
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 30
1919 - 1996
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 31
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 32
Among people born in Somalia, Mohamed Farrah Aidid ranks 1 out of 50. After him are Siad Barre (1919), Waris Dirie (1965), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Iman (1955), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Aden Adde (1908), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), and Muse Bihi Abdi (1948).
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 1
1919 - 1995
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 3
1506 - 1543
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 4
1916 - 2006
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5
1939 - 2021
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 6
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 7
1934 - 2012
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 8
1908 - 2007
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 9
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 10
1937 - 2020
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Somalia, Mohamed Farrah Aidid ranks 1. After him are Siad Barre (1919), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Aden Adde (1908), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962).
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 1
1919 - 1995
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 2
1506 - 1543
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 3
1916 - 2006
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 4
1939 - 2021
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 5
1934 - 2012
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 6
1908 - 2007
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 7
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 8
1937 - 2020
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 11
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 12