1937 - 2006
Saddam Hussein ( (listen); Arabic: صدام حسين, Iraqi Arabic [sˤɐdˈdɑːm ɜħsɪe̯n]; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006), known mononymously as Saddam, was an Iraqi politician and dictator 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 21,161,735 page views. His biography is available in 124 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 121 in 2019). Saddam Hussein is the 51st most popular politician (up from 56th 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.
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Among politicians, Saddam Hussein ranks 51 out of 15,577. Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, Nero, Leon Trotsky, Peter the Great, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Angela Merkel. After him are Boris Yeltsin, Nebuchadnezzar II, Nikita Khrushchev, Marcus Aurelius, Fidel Castro, and Ahmed I.
1822 - 1885
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 45
37 - 68
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 46
1879 - 1940
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 47
1672 - 1725
HPI: 83.99
Rank: 48
1882 - 1945
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 49
1954 - Present
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 50
1937 - 2006
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 51
1931 - 2007
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 52
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 53
1894 - 1971
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 54
121 - 180
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 55
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 56
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1937, Saddam Hussein ranks 1. After him are Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Harald V of Norway, Valentina Tereshkova, Jack Nicholson, Ridley Scott, Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Renzo Piano, and Bobby Charlton. Among people deceased in 2006, Saddam Hussein ranks 1. After him are Augusto Pinochet, Ferenc Puskás, Slobodan Milošević, Milton Friedman, Gerald Ford, Naguib Mahfouz, Stanisław Lem, Saparmurat Niyazov, James Brown, Desmond Doss, and Heinrich Harrer.
1937 - 2006
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 2
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 4
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 7
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 9
1937 - 2021
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
1937 - 2006
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 1
1915 - 2006
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 2
1927 - 2006
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 3
1941 - 2006
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 4
1912 - 2006
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 5
1913 - 2006
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 6
1911 - 2006
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 7
1921 - 2006
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 8
1940 - 2006
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 9
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 10
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 11
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 12
Among people born in Iraq, Saddam Hussein ranks 4 out of 338. Before him are Abraham (-1813), Saladin (1138), and Hammurabi (-1810). After him are Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Abu Hanifa (698), Ashurbanipal (-685), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Sarah (-1803), Al-Kindi (801), Ibn al-Haytham (965), and Mani (216).
1813 BC - 1638 BC
HPI: 91.87
Rank: 1
1138 - 1193
HPI: 87.73
Rank: 2
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 3
1937 - 2006
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 4
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 5
698 - 767
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 6
685 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 7
2300 BC - 2215 BC
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 8
1803 BC - 1676 BC
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 9
801 - 866
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 10
965 - 1039
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 11
216 - 274
HPI: 73.85
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), Ashurbanipal (-685), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Sennacherib (-740), Sargon II (-750), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Khosrow II (570), and Al-Ma'mun (786).
1138 - 1193
HPI: 87.73
Rank: 1
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 2
1937 - 2006
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 3
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 4
685 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 5
2300 BC - 2215 BC
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 6
323 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 7
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 8
750 BC - 705 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 9
1200 BC - 1104 BC
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 10
570 - 628
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 11
786 - 833
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 12