1703 - 1792
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī (Arabic: مُحَمَّد بْن عَبْد ٱلْوَهَّاب بْن سُلَيْمَان ٱلتَّمِيمِيّ, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb [mʊħamːad bɪn ʕabd‿alˈwah(h)aːb] ; 1703–1792) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher, activist, religious leader, jurist, and reformer from Najd in central Arabia, considered as the eponymous founder of the so-called Wahhabi movement. His prominent students included his sons Ḥusayn, Abdullāh, ʿAlī, and Ibrāhīm, his grandson ʿAbdur-Raḥman ibn Ḥasan, his son-in-law ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿūd, Ḥamād ibn Nāṣir ibn Muʿammar, and Ḥusayn āl-Ghannām. The label "Wahhabi" is not claimed by his followers but rather employed by Western scholars as well as his critics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab has received more than 2,363,722 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab is the 123rd most popular philosopher (up from 128th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Philosopher.
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was a Muslim scholar who was born in 1703 and died in 1792. He is most famous for his book "Kitab at-Tawhid" which was written in the 18th century.
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Among philosophers, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 123 out of 1,081. Before him are Emil Cioran, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Zygmunt Bauman, Antisthenes, Ramon Llull, and Hans-Georg Gadamer. After him are Tommaso Campanella, Marsilio Ficino, Mozi, Chanakya, Oswald Spengler, and Emanuel Swedenborg.
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 117
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 118
1925 - 2017
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 119
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 120
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 121
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 122
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 123
1568 - 1639
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 124
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 125
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 126
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 127
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 128
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 129
Among people born in 1703, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 2. Before him is François Boucher. After him are Marie Leszczyńska, John Wesley, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Jonathan Edwards, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, and Aleksei Chirikov. Among people deceased in 1792, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 2. Before him is Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Gustav III of Sweden, Maria Luisa of Spain, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Joshua Reynolds, Richard Arkwright, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Joseph Martin Kraus, Nguyễn Huệ, Tiradentes, and Robert Adam.
1703 - 1770
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 1
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 2
1703 - 1768
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 3
1703 - 1791
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 4
1703 - 1752
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 5
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 6
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 7
1703 - 1732
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 8
1703 - 1759
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 9
1703 - 1771
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10
1703 - 1763
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 11
1703 - 1748
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 12
1747 - 1792
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 1
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 2
1746 - 1792
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 3
1745 - 1792
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 4
1749 - 1792
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 5
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 6
1732 - 1792
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 7
1718 - 1792
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 8
1756 - 1792
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 9
1752 - 1792
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 10
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 11
1728 - 1792
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 12
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 23 out of 251. Before him are Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Ibn Saud (1875), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), Malik ibn Anas (711), and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646). After him are Umar II (682), Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), and Marwan I (623).
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
646 - 705
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 22
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 23
682 - 720
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 24
539 - 619
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 25
580 - 641
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 26
497 - 578
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 27
594 - 656
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 28
623 - 685
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 29
Among philosophers born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 1. After him are Hasan al-Basri (642).