1957 - 2020
Qasem Soleimani (Persian: قاسم سلیمانی, pronounced [ɢɒːˌsem solejˈmɒːniː]; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his death in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds Force, an IRGC division primarily responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine military operations. In his later years, he was considered by some analysts to be the right-hand man of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, as well as the second-most powerful person in Iran behind him.As a civilian, Soleimani initially worked in construction before joining the IRGC during the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Qasem Soleimani has received more than 6,413,878 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Qasem Soleimani is the 182nd most popular military personnel (up from 848th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Iran (up from 199th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Military Personnel.
Qasem Soleimani is most famous for his leading role in the Iran-Iraq War and the Iran-Iraq War.
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Among military personnels, Qasem Soleimani ranks 182 out of 1,466. Before him are Wilhelm List, Joachim Peiper, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Pyotr Bagration, and Joseph Joffre. After him are Gotthard Heinrici, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jean Lannes, Giovanni Giustiniani, Auguste de Marmont, and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
1880 - 1971
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 176
1915 - 1976
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 177
1643 - 1690
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 178
229 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 179
1765 - 1812
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 180
1852 - 1931
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 181
1957 - 2020
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 182
1886 - 1971
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 183
1753 - 1815
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 184
1769 - 1809
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 185
1418 - 1453
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 186
1774 - 1852
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 187
1757 - 1834
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 188
Among people born in 1957, Qasem Soleimani ranks 7. Before him are Osama bin Laden, Hamid Karzai, Hans Zimmer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Dolph Lundgren. After him are Sid Vicious, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Stefan Löfven, Donald Tusk, and Gloria Estefan. Among people deceased in 2020, Qasem Soleimani ranks 22. Before him are Michel Piccoli, Lucia Bosè, Little Richard, Katherine Johnson, Stanley Cohen, and Mary Higgins Clark. After him are Lee Teng-hui, Tabaré Vázquez, George Steiner, Geert Hofstede, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Joel Schumacher.
1957 - 2011
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 1
1957 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 3
1957 - 2012
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 4
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 6
1957 - 2020
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 7
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 8
1957 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 9
1957 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 10
1957 - Present
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 12
1957 - Present
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 13
1925 - 2020
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 16
1931 - 2020
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 17
1932 - 2020
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 18
1918 - 2020
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 19
1922 - 2020
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 20
1927 - 2020
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 21
1957 - 2020
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 22
1923 - 2020
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 23
1940 - 2020
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 24
1929 - 2020
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 25
1928 - 2020
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 26
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 27
1939 - 2020
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 28
Among people born in Iran, Qasem Soleimani ranks 66 out of 463. Before him are Ghazan (1271), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Shirin Ebadi (1947), Cyaxares (-700), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), and Babak Khorramdin (798). After him are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), and Ibn Majah (824).
1271 - 1304
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 60
1940 - 2016
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 61
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 62
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 63
1380 - 1429
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 64
798 - 838
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 65
1957 - 2020
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 66
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 67
1831 - 1896
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 68
1742 - 1797
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 69
309 - 379
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 70
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 71
824 - 886
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 72
Among military personnels born in Iran, Qasem Soleimani ranks 1. After him are Datis (-600), Bahram Chobin (600), Harpagus (-700), Jalil Zandi (1951), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Hossein Salami (1960), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), and Nasser Shabani (1957).
1957 - 2020
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 1
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 2
600 - 592
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 3
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 4
1951 - 2001
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 7
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 8
1957 - 2020
HPI: 26.44
Rank: 9