Politician

Mohammed Zahir Shah

King of Afghanistan (ruled 1933-1973)

1914 - 2007

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Mohammed Zahir Shah

His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2024). Mohammed Zahir Shah is the 846th most popular politician (up from 1,543rd in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 11th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Afghan Politician.

Mohammed Zahir Shah was the last king of Afghanistan, ruling from 1933 to 1973. He was overthrown in a coup led by his cousin, Mohammed Daoud Khan.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 846 out of 19,576. Before him are Clementine Churchill, Moctezuma II, Herod Agrippa II, Sennacherib, Roh Moo-hyun, and Hans Frank. After him are Augustus III of Poland, Kurt Waldheim, Ahmose I, Epaminondas, Atia, and Mary Simon.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Clementine Churchill
1885 - 1977
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 840
Moctezuma II
1466 - 1520
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 841
Herod Agrippa II
28 - 100
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 842
Sennacherib
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 843
Roh Moo-hyun
1946 - 2009
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 844
Hans Frank
1900 - 1946
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 845
Mohammed Zahir Shah
1914 - 2007
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 846
Augustus III of Poland
1696 - 1763
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 847
Kurt Waldheim
1918 - 2007
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 848
Ahmose I
1560 BC - 1525 BC
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 849
Epaminondas
418 BC - 362 BC
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 850
Atia
85 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 851
Mary Simon
1947 - Present
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 852

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 8. Before him are Louis de Funès, Raymond Davis Jr., Hedy Lamarr, Tove Jansson, Alan Hodgkin, and Thor Heyerdahl. After him are Tyrone Power, Tenzing Norgay, Marguerite Duras, Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, and Richard Laurence Millington Synge. Among people deceased in 2007, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 6. Before him are Boris Yeltsin, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingmar Bergman, Kurt Vonnegut, and Michelangelo Antonioni. After him are Kurt Waldheim, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ève Curie, Jean Baudrillard, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Carlo Ponti.

Others Born in 1914

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Louis de Funès
ACTOR
1914 - 1983
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 2
Raymond Davis Jr.
CHEMIST
1914 - 2006
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 3
Hedy Lamarr
ACTOR
1914 - 2000
HPI: 79.21
Rank: 4
Tove Jansson
WRITER
1914 - 2001
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 5
Alan Hodgkin
PHYSICIAN
1914 - 1998
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 6
Thor Heyerdahl
EXPLORER
1914 - 2002
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 7
Mohammed Zahir Shah
POLITICIAN
1914 - 2007
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 8
Tyrone Power
ACTOR
1914 - 1958
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 9
Tenzing Norgay
MOUNTAINEER
1914 - 1986
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 10
Marguerite Duras
WRITER
1914 - 1996
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 11
Julio Cortázar
WRITER
1914 - 1984
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 12
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 13
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
CHEMIST
1914 - 1994
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 14