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Mohammad Khatami

1943 - Today

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Muhammad Khatami (Persian: محمد خاتمی, romanized: Muḥammad Khātamī, born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian reformist politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to 1992. Later, he was critical of the government of subsequent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Little known internationally before becoming president, Khatami attracted attention during his first election to the presidency when he received almost 70% of the vote. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad Khatami has received more than 1,138,366 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Mohammad Khatami is the 1,459th most popular politician (up from 2,377th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Iran (up from 86th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Iranian Politician.

Mohammad Khatami was the President of Iran from 1997 to 2005. He is most famous for his efforts to bring democracy to Iran and for his reformist policies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mohammad Khatamis by language

Over the past year Mohammad Khatami has had the most page views in the with 370,724 views, followed by English (129,334), and Arabic (24,878). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hausa (890.70%), Malagasy (305.88%), and Uzbek (290.42%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Khatami ranks 1,459 out of 19,576. Before him are Ismail Haniyeh, Ziying, Alexios I of Trebizond, Carlos I of Portugal, Leo II, and Cyrus I. After him are Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Christopher of Bavaria, Margaret Theresa of Spain, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, and Jiajing Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Mohammad Khatami ranks 29. Before him are Christopher Walken, Elena Ferrante, Joseph Stiglitz, Salvatore Adamo, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and Tarja Halonen. After him are Howard Gardner, Horst Köhler, Raffaella Carrà, David Cronenberg, Bernard Tapie, and John Kerry.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Khatami ranks 65 out of 631. Before him are Attar of Nishapur (1145), Moshe Katsav (1945), Cyaxares (-700), Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Masoud Barzani (1946), and Cyrus I (-690). After him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Ibn Majah (824), Achaemenes (-800), Öljaitü (1280), Shapur II (309), and Babak Khorramdin (798).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Khatami ranks 32. Before him are Astyages (-700), Moshe Katsav (1945), Cyaxares (-700), Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Masoud Barzani (1946), and Cyrus I (-690). After him are Achaemenes (-800), Öljaitü (1280), Shapur II (309), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), and Xerxes II of Persia (-500).

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