1937 - 2006
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (; Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Maǧīd al-Tikrītī; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization, the Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq. As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and at a time when many groups were considered capable of overthrowing the government, Saddam created security forces through which he tightly controlled conflicts between the government and the armed forces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saddam Hussein has received more than 14,475,925 page views. His biography is available in 121 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 118 in 2019). Saddam Hussein is the 56th most popular politician (up from 58th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Iraq and the 3rd most popular Iraqi Politician.
Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. He was most famous for his invasion of Kuwait in 1990, which led to the first Gulf War.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among politicians, Saddam Hussein ranks 56 out of 15,710. Before him are Hillary Clinton, Vladimir Putin, Trajan, Hammurabi, Henry Kissinger, and Akhenaten. After him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Mary, Queen of Scots, Nicholas II of Russia, Diocletian, Pontius Pilate, and Hurrem Sultan.
1947 - Present
HPI: 87.74
Rank: 50
1952 - Present
HPI: 87.64
Rank: 51
53 - 117
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 52
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 87.45
Rank: 53
1923 - Present
HPI: 87.40
Rank: 54
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 55
1937 - 2006
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 56
1830 - 1916
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 57
1542 - 1587
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 58
1868 - 1918
HPI: 87.21
Rank: 59
244 - 311
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 60
12 BC - 38
HPI: 87.14
Rank: 61
1502 - 1558
HPI: 87.13
Rank: 62
Among people born in 1937, Saddam Hussein ranks 1. After him are Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, Harald V of Norway, Dustin Hoffman, Valentina Tereshkova, Ridley Scott, Jane Fonda, Queen Sonja of Norway, Boris Spassky, and Vanessa Redgrave. Among people deceased in 2006, Saddam Hussein ranks 1. After him are Augusto Pinochet, Ferenc Puskás, Slobodan Milošević, Gerald Ford, Milton Friedman, Naguib Mahfouz, James Brown, Stanisław Lem, Saparmurat Niyazov, Heinrich Harrer, and Desmond Doss.
1937 - 2006
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 84.81
Rank: 2
1937 - Present
HPI: 84.41
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 4
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 81.67
Rank: 7
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 11
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 12
1937 - 2006
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 1
1915 - 2006
HPI: 83.82
Rank: 2
1927 - 2006
HPI: 83.13
Rank: 3
1941 - 2006
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 4
1913 - 2006
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 5
1912 - 2006
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 6
1911 - 2006
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 7
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 8
1921 - 2006
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 9
1940 - 2006
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 10
1912 - 2006
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 11
1919 - 2006
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 12
Among people born in Iraq, Saddam Hussein ranks 4 out of 300. Before him are Abraham (-1813), Saladin (1138), and Hammurabi (-1810). After him are Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Sarah (-1803), Abu Hanifa (698), Ibn al-Haytham (965), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Mani (216), Al-Kindi (801), and Ashurbanipal (-685).
1813 BC - 1638 BC
HPI: 93.68
Rank: 1
1138 - 1193
HPI: 90.87
Rank: 2
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 87.45
Rank: 3
1937 - 2006
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 4
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 5
1803 BC - 1676 BC
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 6
698 - 767
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 7
965 - 1039
HPI: 82.45
Rank: 8
2300 BC - 2215 BC
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 9
216 - 274
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 10
801 - 866
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 11
685 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Iraq, Saddam Hussein ranks 3. Before him are Saladin (1138) and Hammurabi (-1810). After him are Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Ashurbanipal (-685), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Sennacherib (-740), Sargon II (-750), Al-Ma'mun (786), and Nur ad-Din (1116).
1138 - 1193
HPI: 90.87
Rank: 1
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 87.45
Rank: 2
1937 - 2006
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 3
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 4
2300 BC - 2215 BC
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 5
685 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 6
323 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 7
1200 BC - 1104 BC
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 8
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 9
750 BC - 705 BC
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 10
786 - 833
HPI: 77.81
Rank: 11
1116 - 1174
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 12