1926 - 2003
Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (Persian: محمدصادق گیوی خلخالی; 27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) was an Iranian Shia cleric who is said to have "brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution" that earned him a reputation as Iran's "hanging judge". A farmer's son from Iranian Azeri origins was born in Givi, Azerbaijani S.S.R., U.S.S.R. (now in Azerbaijan Republic). He is also reported to have born in Kivi, Khalkhal, in the Khalkhal County, Iran (ergo his name). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sadegh Khalkhali has received more than 221,170 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sadegh Khalkhali is the 1,797th most popular religious figure, the 255th most popular biography from Iran and the 29th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 1,797 out of 2,238. Before him are Alexander of Constantinople, Juraj Haulik, Bhrigu, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Chrodegang, and Vilmos Zsigmond. After him are Jacqueline Felice de Almania, Bernhard Lichtenberg, Bernard de Montfaucon, Lugalanda, Lorenzo Baldisseri, and Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas.
250 - 337
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 1,791
1788 - 1869
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 1,792
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 1,793
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 1,794
715 - 766
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 1,795
1930 - 2016
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 1,796
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 1,797
1300 - Present
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 1,798
1875 - 1943
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 1,799
1655 - 1741
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 1,800
2400 BC - Present
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 1,801
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 1,802
1843 - 1927
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 1,803
Among people born in 1926, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 199. Before him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Peter Lax, James Samuel Coleman, Ladislav Adamec, Mickey Hargitay, and José Alfredo Jiménez. After him are Michael Bond, Paul Janssen, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Nikita Simonyan, Robert Bly, and Ray Brown. Among people deceased in 2003, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 134. Before him are Robert Brown, Jean Yanne, Constantin Dăscălescu, Noel Redding, Hans Hotter, and Philip Stone. After him are Milton George Henschel, Luděk Pachman, Kir Bulychev, Augusto Monterroso, Paul Janssen, and Nello Pagani.
1926 - 1972
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 193
1926 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 194
1926 - 1995
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 195
1926 - 2007
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 196
1926 - 2006
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 197
1926 - 1973
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 198
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 199
1926 - 2017
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 200
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 201
1926 - 2020
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 202
1926 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 203
1926 - 2021
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 204
1926 - 2002
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 205
1921 - 2003
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 128
1933 - 2003
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 129
1923 - 2003
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 130
1945 - 2003
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 131
1909 - 2003
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 132
1924 - 2003
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 133
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 134
1920 - 2003
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 135
1924 - 2003
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 136
1934 - 2003
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 137
1921 - 2003
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 138
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 139
1911 - 2003
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 140
Among people born in Iran, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 255 out of 528. Before him are Marjane Satrapi (1969), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Pacorus I (-63), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Arash (1977), and Mostafa Chamran (1932). After him are Leila Pahlavi (1970), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Ahmad Qavam (1876), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), and Sohrab Sepehri (1928).
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 249
1880 - 1921
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 250
63 BC - 38 BC
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 251
1288 - 1340
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 252
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 253
1932 - 1981
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 254
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 255
1970 - 2001
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 256
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 257
100 - 140
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 258
1876 - 1955
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 259
190 BC - 90 BC
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 260
1928 - 1980
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 261
Among religious figures born in Iran, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 29. Before him are Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Aga Khan II (1830), Morteza Motahhari (1919), and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854). After him are Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Kazim Rashti (1793), and Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960).
1627 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 23
838 - 924
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 24
1875 - 1961
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 25
1830 - 1885
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 26
1919 - 1979
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 27
854 - 946
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 28
1926 - 2003
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 29
985 - 1021
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 30
1714 - 1763
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 31
1906 - 1986
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 32
1793 - 1843
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 33
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 34