1919 - 1980
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Persian: محمدرضا پهلوی, pronounced [mohæmˈmæd reˈzɒː pæhlæˈviː]; 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah (محمدرضا شاه), was the last Shah (King/Sultan) of the Imperial State of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. Due to his status as the last Shah of Iran, he is often referred to simply as the Shah. Mohammad Reza Shah took the title Shahanshah ("King of Kings") on 26 October 1967 and held several other titles, including that of Aryamehr ("Light of the Aryans") and Bozorg Arteshtaran ("Commander-in-Chief"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has received more than 8,414,994 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is the 162nd most popular politician (down from 145th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Iran (down from 6th 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 162 out of 15,710. Before him are Ho Chi Minh, Demosthenes, Batu Khan, Brutus the Younger, Cyrus the Great, and Joanna of Castile. After him are Mustafa I, Leonidas I, Titus, Reinhard Heydrich, George W. Bush, and Murad II.
1890 - 1969
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 156
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 157
1207 - 1255
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 158
85 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 83.69
Rank: 159
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 83.62
Rank: 160
1479 - 1555
HPI: 83.62
Rank: 161
1919 - 1980
HPI: 83.60
Rank: 162
1591 - 1639
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 163
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 83.58
Rank: 164
41 - 81
HPI: 83.52
Rank: 165
1904 - 1942
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 166
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 167
1404 - 1451
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 168
Among people born in 1919, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 1. After him are Eva Perón, J. D. Salinger, Edmund Hillary, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Doris Lessing, Primo Levi, Desmond Doss, Nat King Cole, Zhao Ziyang, Giulio Andreotti, and Margot Fonteyn. Among people deceased in 1980, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Paul Sartre, Josip Broz Tito, Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, Karl Dönitz, and Jean Piaget. After him are Erich Fromm, Jesse Owens, Steve McQueen, Roland Barthes, Bon Scott, and Oskar Kokoschka.
1919 - 1980
HPI: 83.60
Rank: 1
1919 - 1952
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 2
1919 - 2010
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 3
1919 - 2008
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 4
1919 - 2013
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 5
1919 - 2013
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 6
1919 - 1987
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 7
1919 - 2006
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 8
1919 - 1965
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 9
1919 - 2005
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 10
1919 - 2013
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 11
1919 - 1991
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 12
1905 - 1980
HPI: 88.19
Rank: 1
1892 - 1980
HPI: 87.76
Rank: 2
1899 - 1980
HPI: 86.80
Rank: 3
1940 - 1980
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 4
1891 - 1980
HPI: 85.11
Rank: 5
1896 - 1980
HPI: 85.03
Rank: 6
1919 - 1980
HPI: 83.60
Rank: 7
1900 - 1980
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 8
1913 - 1980
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 9
1930 - 1980
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 10
1915 - 1980
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 11
1946 - 1980
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 12
1886 - 1980
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 13
Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 8 out of 463. Before him are Omar Khayyam (1048), Xerxes I (-519), Al-Ghazali (1058), Darius III (-380), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), and Cyrus the Great (-600). After him are Harun al-Rashid (766), Esther (-600), Ismail I (1487), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Hafez (1325), and Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865).
1048 - 1131
HPI: 87.50
Rank: 2
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 3
1058 - 1111
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 4
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 5
1902 - 1989
HPI: 83.68
Rank: 6
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 83.62
Rank: 7
1919 - 1980
HPI: 83.60
Rank: 8
766 - 809
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 9
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 10
1487 - 1524
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 11
721 - 815
HPI: 81.75
Rank: 12
1325 - 1389
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 13
865 - 925
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 14
Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 4. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Darius III (-380), and Cyrus the Great (-600). After him are Harun al-Rashid (766), Ali Khamenei (1939), Cambyses II (-550), Khosrow I (501), Tahmasp I (1514), Darius II (-475), Reza Shah (1878), and Farah Pahlavi (1938).
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 1
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 2
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 83.62
Rank: 3
1919 - 1980
HPI: 83.60
Rank: 4
766 - 809
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 5
1939 - Present
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 6
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 7
501 - 579
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 8
1514 - 1576
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 9
475 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 10
1878 - 1944
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 11
1938 - Present
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 12