603 - 680
Mu'awiya I (Arabic: معاوية بن أبي سفيان, romanized: Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; c. 597, 603 or 605–April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and immediately after the four Rashidun ('rightly-guided') caliphs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muawiyah I has received more than 2,053,313 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Muawiyah I is the 311th most popular politician (down from 198th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.
Muawiyah I was the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled from 661 to 750 CE. He is most famous for his military prowess and his expansion of the Muslim empire.
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Among politicians, Muawiyah I ranks 311 out of 15,577. Before him are Solon, Louis XVIII of France, Sargon of Akkad, Viktor Yanukovych, Park Chung-hee, and Christina, Queen of Sweden. After him are Haile Selassie, Lee Kuan Yew, Charles VI of France, Ertuğrul, Matthias Corvinus, and Godfrey of Bouillon.
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 305
1755 - 1824
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 306
2300 BC - 2215 BC
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 307
1950 - Present
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 308
1917 - 1979
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 309
1626 - 1689
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 310
603 - 680
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 311
1892 - 1975
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 312
1923 - 2015
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 313
1368 - 1422
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 314
1198 - 1281
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 315
1443 - 1490
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 316
1060 - 1100
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 317
Among people born in 603, Muawiyah I ranks 1. After him are Queen Seondeok of Silla, Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Yeon Gaesomun, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal, and Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali. Among people deceased in 680, Muawiyah I ranks 2. Before him is Husayn ibn Ali. After him are Abbas ibn Ali, Princess Wencheng, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Balthild of Chelles, Bhāskara I, Hilda of Whitby, and Cædmon.
603 - 680
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 1
603 - 647
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 2
603 - 630
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 3
603 - 666
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 4
603 - 683
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 5
603 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 6
626 - 680
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 1
603 - 680
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 2
647 - 680
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 3
628 - 680
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 4
650 - 680
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 5
626 - 680
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 6
600 - 680
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 7
614 - 680
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 8
657 - 680
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 9
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Muawiyah I ranks 15 out of 251. Before him are Khadija bint Khuwaylid (556), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Khalid ibn al-Walid (592), Osama bin Laden (1957), Hasan ibn Ali (624), and Bilal ibn Rabah (580). After him are Aminah (557), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Ibn Saud (1875), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), and Malik ibn Anas (711).
556 - 619
HPI: 78.45
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1935 - Present
HPI: 78.13
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592 - 642
HPI: 77.80
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1957 - 2011
HPI: 77.69
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624 - 670
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 13
580 - 642
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 14
603 - 680
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 15
557 - 577
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 16
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 17
548 - 570
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 18
1875 - 1953
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 19
702 - 765
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 20
711 - 795
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 21
Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Muawiyah I ranks 4. Before him are Umar (585), Uthman (574), and Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935). After him are Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Ibn Saud (1875), Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), Umar II (682), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Marwan I (623), and Abū Lahab (549).
585 - 644
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 1
574 - 656
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 2
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 3
603 - 680
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 4
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 5
1875 - 1953
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 6
646 - 705
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 7
682 - 720
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 8
580 - 641
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 9
594 - 656
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 10
623 - 685
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 11
549 - 624
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 12