1940 - 2020
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, IPA: [qaː.buːs bin sa.ʕiːd ʔaːl sa.ʕiːd]; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death, having ruled for almost half a century. The only son of Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Qaboos was educated in Suffolk, England. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Qaboos bin Said al Said has received more than 2,465,606 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Qaboos bin Said al Said is the 852nd most popular politician (down from 646th in 2019), the most popular biography from Oman and the most popular Omani Politician.
Qaboos bin Said Al Said is most famous for being the Sultan of Oman. Qaboos bin Said Al Said became the Sultan of Oman in 1970 after overthrowing his father, Sa'id bin Taymur.
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Among politicians, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 852 out of 15,577. Before him are Gustav III of Sweden, Wilm Hosenfeld, Islam Karimov, Jozef Tiso, Aurangzeb, and Kara Mustafa Pasha. After him are Farah Pahlavi, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
1746 - 1792
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 846
1895 - 1952
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 847
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 848
1887 - 1947
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 849
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 850
1634 - 1683
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 851
1940 - 2020
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 852
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 853
1953 - 2001
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 854
1275 - 1313
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 855
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 856
1086 - 1125
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 857
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 858
Among people born in 1940, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 17. Before him are Michael Gambon, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Frank Zappa, Carlos Slim, and Muhammad Yunus. After him are Joachim Gauck, J. M. Coetzee, Wangari Maathai, Martin Sheen, Julie Christie, and Gao Xingjian. Among people deceased in 2020, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 10. Before him are Hosni Mubarak, Kirk Douglas, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Havilland, and Max von Sydow. After him are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Katherine Johnson, Krzysztof Penderecki, John le Carré, Ian Holm, and Michel Piccoli.
1940 - 2023
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 12
1940 - 2011
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 13
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 14
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 16
1940 - 2020
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 18
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 19
1940 - 2011
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 20
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 21
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 22
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 23
1928 - 2020
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 4
1916 - 2020
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 5
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 6
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 7
1916 - 2020
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 8
1929 - 2020
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 9
1940 - 2020
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 10
1920 - 2020
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 11
1918 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 12
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 13
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 14
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 15
1925 - 2020
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 16
Among people born in Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 1 out of 12. After him are Haitham bin Tariq (1955), Said bin Taimur (1910), Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1797), Taimur bin Feisal (1886), Isla Fisher (1976), Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857), Ali Al-Habsi (1981), Jokha Alharthi (1978), Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri (1985), Amad Al-Hosni (1984), and Sneha Ullal (1987).
1940 - 2020
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 2
1910 - 1972
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 3
1797 - 1856
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 4
1886 - 1965
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 5
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 6
1857 - 1896
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.34
Rank: 10
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.56
Rank: 11
1987 - Present
HPI: 17.40
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said ranks 1. After him are Haitham bin Tariq (1955), Said bin Taimur (1910), Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1797), Taimur bin Feisal (1886), and Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857).
1940 - 2020
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 2
1910 - 1972
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 3
1797 - 1856
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 4
1886 - 1965
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 5
1857 - 1896
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 6