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Musa al-Sadr

1928 - 1978

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Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (Arabic: موسى صدر الدین الصدر) (Persian: موسى صدر الدين صدر)‎‎; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) was a Lebanese-Iranian Shia Muslim cleric, politician and revolutionary 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 Al-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 623,714 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Musa al-Sadr is the 131st most popular social activist (up from 155th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Iran (up from 151st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Musa al-Sadr ranks 131 out of 840. Before him are Al-Mu'tazz, Denis Mukwege, Antipope Clement III, Georgy Gapon, George Stinney, and Steve Biko. After him are Vesna Vulović, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Abimael Guzmán, Mairead Maguire, Gangubai Kothewali, and Hilda Gadea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Musa al-Sadr ranks 65. Before him are Carl Woese, Jacques Rivette, Hardy Krüger, Giampiero Boniperti, Gene Sharp, and Joe Jackson. After him are Hans Modrow, Manfred Rommel, Osamu Shimomura, Erik Bruhn, Robert Badinter, and Zhu Rongji. Among people deceased in 1978, Musa al-Sadr ranks 38. Before him are Ed Wood, Claude François, Tamara Karsavina, Jomo Kenyatta, Étienne Gilson, and Norman Rockwell. After him are Charles Boyer, Giovanni Gronchi, Roger Caillois, W. Eugene Smith, Guo Moruo, and Hannah Höch.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Musa al-Sadr ranks 141 out of 631. Before him are Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Ali Shariati (1933), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Arsaces I of Parthia (-280), Datis (-600), and Osroes I (50). After him are Suleiman of Persia (1647), Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Al-Juwayni (1028), Teispes (-675), Phraates IV (-90), and Al-Bayhaqi (994).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Musa al-Sadr ranks 4. Before him are Shirin Ebadi (1947), Babak Khorramdin (798), and Narges Mohammadi (1972). After him are Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), and Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988).

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