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Muqtada al-Sadr

1974 - Today

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Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanized: Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric, politician and militia leader. He inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father. He founded the now dissolved Mahdi Army militia in 2003 that resisted the American occupation of Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muqtada al-Sadr has received more than 1,858,279 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Muqtada al-Sadr is the 9,785th most popular politician (up from 10,373rd in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 242nd in 2019) and the 150th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muqtada al-Sadr ranks 9,785 out of 19,576. Before him are Ekkathat, Sonni Ali, Faure Gnassingbé, Helian Bobo, Mihrişah Kadın, and John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg. After him are Antonio Maura, Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg, Rafael Urdaneta, Sergey Sobyanin, Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia, and Hortensia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Muqtada al-Sadr ranks 39. Before him are Ben Wallace, Marcelo Salas, Ingrida Šimonytė, Gaizka Mendieta, James Blunt, and Jordi Cruyff. After him are Kajol, Vijay, Jarno Trulli, Franka Potente, Elizabeth Banks, and Márcio Amoroso.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr ranks 241 out of 384. Before him are Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), Al-Baqillani (950), Ninurta-apal-Ekur (-1300), Mutakkil-Nusku (-1200), Ashur-nadin-shumi (-800), and Al-Samawal al-Maghribi (1130). After him are Nechirvan Barzani (1966), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), Ashur-dan I (-1300), Hormuzd Rassam (1826), Arik-den-ili (-1400), and Erishum I (-2000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr ranks 150. Before him are Dudu of Akkad (-2300), Al-Muwaffaq (842), Ikunum (-1900), Ninurta-apal-Ekur (-1300), Mutakkil-Nusku (-1200), and Ashur-nadin-shumi (-800). After him are Nechirvan Barzani (1966), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), Ashur-dan I (-1300), Arik-den-ili (-1400), Erishum I (-2000), and Shu-Sin (null).

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