1961 - Today
Riad Mousa al-Asaad (Arabic pronunciation: [rijɑːdˤ muːsa ɐlʔæsʕæd]; Arabic: رياض موسى الأسعد, born 2 February 1961) is a Syrian military commander, politician who is the founding leader of the Free Syrian Army. One of the prominent faces of the Syrian Civil War, he led the armed resistance to the Assad regime as commander-in-chief of FSA, during the early phase of the Syrian Civil War. Under Riad al-Asaad's command, FSA expanded into a paramilitary force of 75,000 guerillas and insurgents in March 2012; capable of ousting regime forces from Damascus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riad al-Asaad has received more than 266,959 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Riad al-Asaad is the 1,400th most popular military personnel (down from 1,258th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Syria (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Riad al-Asaad ranks 1,400 out of 1,468. Before him are Anthony McAuliffe, George Pickett, Leo of Tripoli, Nikolai Ruzsky, Yevgeniya Rudneva, and Antonio Luna. After him are Dmitry Lavrinenko, Nadezhda Popova, Alan Cunningham, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, and Edward Braddock.
1898 - 1975
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 1,394
1825 - 1875
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 1,395
900 - 1000
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 1,396
1854 - 1918
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 1,397
1921 - 1944
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 1,398
1866 - 1899
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 1,399
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 1,400
1914 - 1941
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 1,401
1921 - 2013
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 1,402
1887 - 1983
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 1,403
1857 - 1933
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 1,404
300 BC - 216 BC
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 1,405
1695 - 1755
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 1,406
Among people born in 1961, Riad al-Asaad ranks 163. Before him are Alemão, Masamune Shirow, Katherine Kelly Lang, Kōichi Yamadera, Peter Machajdík, and Roland Orzabal. After him are Anthony Wong, Jörg Meuthen, Martina Gedeck, Wynton Marsalis, Jeremy Northam, and Lawrence Lessig.
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 157
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 158
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 159
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 160
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 161
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 162
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 163
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 164
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 165
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 166
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 167
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 168
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 169
Among people born in Syria, Riad al-Asaad ranks 132 out of 181. Before him are Ghada al-Samman (1942), Maher al-Assad (1967), Philipp Stamma (1705), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), and Khalid Bakdash (1912). After him are Émile Eddé (1883), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), Jacob of Edessa (633), Rafik Schami (1946), Maryana Marrash (1848), and Najah al-Attar (1933).
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 126
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 127
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 128
1920 - 2012
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 129
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 130
1912 - 1995
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 131
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 132
1883 - 1949
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 133
1926 - 2003
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 134
633 - 708
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 135
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 136
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 137
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 138
Among military personnels born in Syria, Riad al-Asaad ranks 2. Before him are Maher al-Assad (1967). After him are Issam Zahreddine (1961), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), and Rojda Felat (1980).
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 1
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2
1961 - 2017
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 3
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 4
1980 - Present
HPI: 28.32
Rank: 5