1928 - 1978
Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (Arabic: موسى صدر الدين الصدر; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) was an Iranian-Lebanese Shia Muslim cleric and politician. In Lebanon, he founded and revived many Lebanese Shia organizations, including schools, charities, and the Amal Movement.Born in the Chaharmardan neighborhood in Qom, Iran, he underwent both seminary and secular studies in Iran. He belongs to the Sadr family from Jabal Amel in Lebanon, a branch of the Musawi family which traces its roots to Musa Ibn Jaafar, the seventh Shia Imam, and ultimately to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musa al-Sadr has received more than 546,389 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Musa al-Sadr is the 155th most popular social activist (down from 147th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Iran (down from 145th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Musa al-Sadr ranks 155 out of 538. Before him are Margaret Sanger, Kittur Chennamma, Leopold Trepper, Max Mosley, Emilie Schindler, and Beppe Grillo. After him are Manuela Sáenz, Ilya Ulyanov, Abbé Pierre, Alexander Pechersky, René Just Haüy, and Balthasar Gérard.
1879 - 1966
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 149
1778 - 1829
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 150
1904 - 1982
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 151
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 152
1907 - 2001
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 153
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 154
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 155
1797 - 1856
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 156
1831 - 1886
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 157
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 158
1909 - 1990
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 159
1743 - 1822
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 160
1557 - 1584
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 161
Among people born in 1928, Musa al-Sadr ranks 91. Before him are Gene Sharp, Gaston Thorn, Patrick McGoohan, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Fats Domino, and James Earl Ray. After him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Cy Twombly, Hans Modrow, Walter Mondale, Robert Sheckley, and Sol LeWitt. Among people deceased in 1978, Musa al-Sadr ranks 45. Before him are Charles Boyer, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Roger Caillois, Burt Munro, Georgi Markov, and Ida Noddack. After him are Vincent du Vigneaud, Carlo Scarpa, Ignazio Silone, Charles Eames, Shozo Tsugitani, and Hannah Höch.
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 85
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 86
1928 - 2009
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 87
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 88
1928 - 2017
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 89
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 90
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 91
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 92
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 93
1928 - 2023
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 94
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 95
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 96
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 97
1899 - 1978
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 39
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 40
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 41
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 42
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 43
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 44
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 45
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 46
1906 - 1978
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 47
1900 - 1978
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 48
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 49
1940 - 1978
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 50
1889 - 1978
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 51
Among people born in Iran, Musa al-Sadr ranks 151 out of 528. Before him are Al-Karaji (953), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Barbet Schroeder (1941), Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203), Phraates V (-100), and Abu Nasr Mansur (960). After him are Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (767), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Orodes II (null), Ashraf Pahlavi (1919), Ali Daei (1969), and Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236).
953 - 1029
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 145
1935 - 1967
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 146
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 147
1203 - 1283
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 148
100 BC - 4
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 149
960 - 1036
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 150
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 151
767 - 803
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 152
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 153
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 154
1919 - 2016
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 155
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 156
1236 - 1311
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 157
Among social activists born in Iran, Musa al-Sadr ranks 3. Before him are Shirin Ebadi (1947) and Babak Khorramdin (798). After him are Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), Ruhollah Zam (1978), and Execution of Navid Afkari (1993).
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 1
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 2
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 3
1899 - 1992
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 5
1911 - 1979
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 8
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 9
1988 - 2014
HPI: 35.12
Rank: 10
1978 - 2020
HPI: 34.52
Rank: 11
1993 - 2020
HPI: 31.08
Rank: 12