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Mohammed Daoud Khan

First President of Afghanistan

1909 - 1978

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His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Mohammed Daoud Khan is the 1,111th most popular politician (up from 2,366th in 2024), the 13th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 18th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Afghan Politician.

Mohammed Daoud Khan was a military general and politician who served as President of Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978. He seized power in a bloodless coup d'état on July 17, 1973, overthrowing the monarchy of King Zahir Shah, and establishing a republic with himself as president.

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Mohammed Daoud Khan's biography appears in 48 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 89% of all Politicians.

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Mohammed Daoud Khan shares a July 18 birthday with Nelson Mandela, Robert Hooke, and Hendrik Lorentz.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Mohammed Daoud Khan ranks 1,111 out of 19,576. Before him are Muhammad XII of Granada, Diane de Poitiers, Andrew II of Hungary, Omri, Creon, and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, William I of the Netherlands, U Thant, Philip II, Kim Young-sam, and Alfredo Stroessner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Mohammed Daoud Khan ranks 9. Before him are Nicholas Winton, Juliana of the Netherlands, Simone Weil, Osamu Dazai, James Mason, and Edward Tatum. After him are U Thant, Francis Bacon, Andrei Gromyko, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Peter Drucker, and Kwame Nkrumah. Among people deceased in 1978, Mohammed Daoud Khan ranks 10. Before him are Kurt Gödel, Aram Khachaturian, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Manne Siegbahn, Aldo Moro, and Jacques Brel. After him are Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Shaw, Harry Martinson, Ramón Mercader, Adolf Dassler, and Vincent du Vigneaud.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan ranks 13 out of 177. Before him are Abbas the Great (1571), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), and Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940). After him are Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Abu Dawood (817), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), and Mohammed Omar (1962).

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Among Politicians In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan ranks 10. Before him are Abbas the Great (1571), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), and Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940). After him are Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Mohammed Omar (1962), and Muhammad Shah (1702).

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