Writer

Nuruddin Farah

1945 - today

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Nuruddin Farah

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Nuruddin Farah is the 4,074th most popular writer (down from 3,923rd in 2024), the 20th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Somali Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Nuruddin Farah ranks 4,074 out of 7,302. Before him are Jovan Sterija Popović, Leigh Brackett, Shushanik Kurghinian, Eric Frank Russell, Hovhannes Shiraz, and Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier. After him are Vira Vovk, André Schwarz-Bart, Laura Cereta, Anne Hébert, Gleb Uspensky, and Laura Bridgman.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Jovan Sterija Popović
1806 - 1856
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4,068
Leigh Brackett
1915 - 1978
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4,069
Shushanik Kurghinian
1876 - 1927
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4,070
Eric Frank Russell
1905 - 1978
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4,071
Hovhannes Shiraz
1914 - 1984
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4,072
Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
1170 - 1242
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,073
Nuruddin Farah
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,074
Vira Vovk
1926 - 2022
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,075
André Schwarz-Bart
1928 - 2006
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,076
Laura Cereta
1469 - 1499
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,077
Anne Hébert
1916 - 2000
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 4,078
Gleb Uspensky
1843 - 1902
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 4,079
Laura Bridgman
1829 - 1889
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 4,080

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Nuruddin Farah ranks 359. Before him are Hugo Fernández, Ken Livingstone, Donny Hathaway, Zoltán Varga, Guy Bonnet, and Agustín Balbuena. After him are Gianni Amelio, David Allen, Heinz Stuy, Brian Connolly, Charlie Robinson, and Jeremy Bulloch.

Others Born in 1945

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Hugo Fernández
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - 2022
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 353
Ken Livingstone
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 354
Donny Hathaway
SINGER
1945 - 1979
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 355
Zoltán Varga
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - 2010
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 356
Guy Bonnet
MUSICIAN
1945 - 2024
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 357
Agustín Balbuena
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 358
Nuruddin Farah
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 359
Gianni Amelio
FILM DIRECTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 360
David Allen
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 361
Heinz Stuy
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 362
Brian Connolly
MUSICIAN
1945 - 1997
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 363
Charlie Robinson
ACTOR
1945 - 2021
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 364
Jeremy Bulloch
ACTOR
1945 - 2020
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 365

In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Nuruddin Farah ranks 20 out of NaN. Before him are Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), Omar Sharmarke (1960), and Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939). After him are Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Hawa Abdi (1947), and Abdiweli Gaas (1967).

Others born in Somalia

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Muse Bihi Abdi
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 14
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2012
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 15
Nur Hassan Hussein
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2020
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 16
Ali Mohammed Ghedi
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 17
Omar Sharmarke
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 18
Ali Mahdi Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2021
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 19
Nuruddin Farah
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 20
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
PHILOSOPHER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 21
Hassan Ali Khayre
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 22
Abdi Farah Shirdon
ECONOMIST
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 23
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2002
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 24
Hawa Abdi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 25
Abdiweli Gaas
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 26