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Rifa'a al-Tahtawi

Egyptian academic

1801 - 1873

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His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Rifa'a al-Tahtawi is the 1,824th most popular writer (down from 1,732nd in 2024), the 298th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 287th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi ranks 1,824 out of 7,302. Before him are Álvaro Mutis, Petros Markaris, Alexander Grin, Ruan Ji, Oliver Goldsmith, and Peter Shaffer. After him are Elizabeth Bishop, Abbot Oliba, Anthony Trollope, Valery Bryusov, Philip José Farmer, and Al-Hariri of Basra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi ranks 29. Before him are Albert Lortzing, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, William H. Seward, Thomas Cole, Moritz von Jacobi, and David Farragut. After him are Julius Plücker, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Justo José de Urquiza, Fredrika Bremer, Karl Baedeker, and Johann Nestroy. Among people deceased in 1873, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi ranks 23. Before him are Émile Gaboriau, Jean Chacornac, Adam Sedgwick, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Sheridan Le Fanu, and José Antonio Páez. After him are Sarah Moore Grimké, Viktor Hartmann, Muhammad IV of Morocco, Friedrich Wieck, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, and Giovanni Battista Donati.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi ranks 298 out of NaN. Before him are Setepenre (-1400), Amr Diab (1961), Al-Mu'azzam Isa (1176), Khamudi (-1549), Hesychius of Alexandria (500), and Arnuwanda II (-1400). After him are Carpocrates (100), Takelot I (-1000), Neferkare II (-2150), Ali ibn Ridwan (988), Omar Suleiman (1936), and Jawhar (911).

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Among Writers In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi ranks 19. Before him are Taha Hussein (1889), Achilles Tatius (200), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928). After him are Herodas (-300), Eutychius of Alexandria (877), Anastasius Sinaita (630), Ibn al-Farid (1181), Ibn Taghribirdi (1410), and Edmond Jabès (1912).

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