1892 - 1965
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (Arabic: رشيد عالي الکَيلاني, Arabic pronunciation: [raʃiːd ʕaːliː al.keːlaːniː]) (1892 – 28 August 1965) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq on three occasions: from March to November 1933, from March 1940 to February 1941 and from April to May 1941. He is chiefly remembered as an ardent Arab nationalist who attempted to remove the British influence from Iraq by starting a coup against the government in 1941. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani has received more than 383,996 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Rashid Ali al-Gaylani is the 6,110th most popular politician (down from 6,031st in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 161st in 2019) and the 105th most popular Iraqi Politician.
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Among politicians, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani ranks 6,110 out of 15,577. Before him are Zuo Zongtang, Rotrude, İsa Çelebi, Zhuge Dan, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, and Ashur-dan III. After him are Hinrich Lohse, Jan Syrový, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, Emperor Ninmyō, and Guillaume Henri Dufour.
1812 - 1885
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 6,104
775 - 810
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 6,105
1380 - 1407
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 6,106
200 - 258
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 6,107
1373 - 1415
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 6,108
900 BC - 754 BC
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 6,109
1892 - 1965
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 6,110
1896 - 1964
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 6,111
1888 - 1970
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 6,112
1724 - 1748
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 6,113
102 BC - 48 BC
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 6,114
808 - 850
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 6,115
1787 - 1875
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 6,116
Among people born in 1892, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani ranks 84. Before him are Thomas Mitchell, Reinhold Niebuhr, Basil Rathbone, Mikhail Gurevich, Jack L. Warner, and Walther Nehring. After him are Agnes Smedley, Paul Abraham, Nikolai Polikarpov, Stanisław Sosabowski, Erich Brandenberger, and Guo Moruo. Among people deceased in 1965, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani ranks 48. Before him are Mehdi Ben Barka, Porfirio Rubirosa, Otozō Yamada, Adolf Schärf, Clara Bow, and Hayato Ikeda. After him are Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Georges Gurvitch, Henry A. Wallace, Chen Cheng, Oskar R. Lange, and Sydney Chaplin.
1892 - 1962
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 78
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 79
1892 - 1967
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 80
1892 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 81
1892 - 1978
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 82
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 83
1892 - 1965
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 84
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 85
1892 - 1960
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 86
1892 - 1944
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 87
1892 - 1967
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 88
1892 - 1955
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 89
1892 - 1978
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 90
1920 - 1965
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 42
1909 - 1965
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 43
1881 - 1965
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 44
1890 - 1965
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 45
1905 - 1965
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 46
1899 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 47
1892 - 1965
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 48
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 49
1894 - 1965
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 50
1888 - 1965
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 51
1897 - 1965
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 52
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 53
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 54
Among people born in Iraq, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani ranks 164 out of 338. Before him are Phraates II (-200), Uday Hussein (1964), Al-Mustarshid (1092), Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), and Rimush (null). After him are Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), Ur-Nanshe (-2500), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Shalmaneser IV (-900), and Sin-shumu-lishir (-700).
200 BC - 127 BC
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 158
1964 - 2003
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 159
1092 - 1135
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 160
190 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 161
240 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 162
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 163
1892 - 1965
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 164
746 - 806
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 165
2500 BC - 2500 BC
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 166
1002 - 1071
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 167
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 168
900 BC - 772 BC
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 169
700 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 170
Among politicians born in Iraq, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani ranks 105. Before him are Ammi-Ditana (-1700), Al-Musta'in (836), Phraates II (-200), Uday Hussein (1964), Al-Mustarshid (1092), and Rimush (null). After him are Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Shalmaneser IV (-900), Sin-shumu-lishir (-700), Al-Muti (914), Al-Muqtafi (1096), and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951).
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 99
836 - 866
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 100
200 BC - 127 BC
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 101
1964 - 2003
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 102
1092 - 1135
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 103
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 104
1892 - 1965
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 105
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 106
900 BC - 772 BC
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 107
700 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 108
914 - 974
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 109
1096 - 1160
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 110
1951 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 111