1919 - 1980
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Persian: محمدرضا پهلوی [mohæmˈmæd reˈzɒː pæhlæˈviː] ; 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah (محمدرضا شاه), or just simply The Shah, was the last monarch of Iran. He began ruling the Imperial State of Iran after succeeding his father Reza Shah in 1941 and remained in power until he was overthrown by the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which abolished the country's monarchy and established the Islamic Republic of Iran. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has received more than 11,484,710 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is the 195th most popular politician (down from 162nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Iran (up from 8th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Politician.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is most famous for being the last shah of Iran. He was overthrown in 1979 during the Iranian Revolution and replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Among politicians, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 195 out of 15,577. Before him are Louis the Pious, Caracalla, Salvador Allende, Klemens von Metternich, Titus, and Edward IV of England. After him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Al Gore, Louis Philippe I, Henry VII of England, Charles X of France, and Cleisthenes.
778 - 840
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 189
188 - 217
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 190
1908 - 1973
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 191
1773 - 1859
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 192
41 - 81
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 193
1442 - 1483
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 194
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 195
1493 - 1536
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 196
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 197
1773 - 1850
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 198
1457 - 1509
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 199
1757 - 1836
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 200
565 BC - 492 BC
HPI: 77.81
Rank: 201
Among people born in 1919, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 1. After him are Mikhail Kalashnikov, Eva Perón, J. D. Salinger, Edmund Hillary, Doris Lessing, Desmond Doss, Primo Levi, Zhao Ziyang, Giulio Andreotti, Margot Fonteyn, and Lino Ventura. Among people deceased in 1980, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Paul Sartre, Josip Broz Tito, Alfred Hitchcock, Karl Dönitz, Jean Piaget, and John Lennon. After him are Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, Jesse Owens, and Colonel Sanders.
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 1
1919 - 2013
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 2
1919 - 1952
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 3
1919 - 2010
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 4
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 6
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 7
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 8
1919 - 2005
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 9
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 10
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 11
1919 - 1987
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 12
1905 - 1980
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 1
1892 - 1980
HPI: 83.57
Rank: 2
1899 - 1980
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 3
1891 - 1980
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 4
1896 - 1980
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 5
1940 - 1980
HPI: 80.02
Rank: 6
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 7
1900 - 1980
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 8
1915 - 1980
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 9
1930 - 1980
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 10
1946 - 1980
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 11
1913 - 1980
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 12
1890 - 1980
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 13
Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 7 out of 528. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), Cyrus the Great (-600), Xerxes I (-519), and Darius III (-380). After him are Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Harun al-Rashid (766), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Ismail I (1487), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), and Esther (-600).
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
1048 - 1131
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 2
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 3
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 4
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 5
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 6
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 7
1902 - 1989
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 8
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 9
865 - 925
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 10
1487 - 1524
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 11
721 - 815
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 12
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 4. Before him are Cyrus the Great (-600), Xerxes I (-519), and Darius III (-380). After him are Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Ali Khamenei (1939), Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), and Khosrow I (501).
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 1
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 2
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 3
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 4
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 5
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 6
1055 - 1092
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 8
1688 - 1747
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 9
1514 - 1576
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 10
1018 - 1092
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 11
501 - 579
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 12