1914 - 1991
Shapour Bakhtiar (Persian: شاپور بختیار, ; 26 June 1914 – 6 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the words of historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in the tone of a jeremiad he reminded the nation of the dangers of clerical despotism, and of how the fascism of the mullahs would be darker than any military junta". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shapour Bakhtiar has received more than 619,853 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Shapour Bakhtiar is the 5,938th most popular politician (down from 5,006th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Iran (down from 149th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Iranian Politician.
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Among politicians, Shapour Bakhtiar ranks 5,938 out of 15,577. Before him are Diagoras of Rhodes, John II, Count of Holland, Hydatius, Cai Yong, Ebroin, and John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. After him are Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Otto V, Duke of Bavaria, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Matvei Zakharov, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, and Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy.
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,932
1247 - 1304
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,933
395 - 469
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,934
133 - 192
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,935
650 - 681
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,936
1384 - 1453
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,937
1914 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,938
1571 - 1578
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,939
1346 - 1379
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,940
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,941
1898 - 1972
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 5,942
1635 - 1663
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 5,943
1295 - 1350
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 5,944
Among people born in 1914, Shapour Bakhtiar ranks 78. Before him are Lazar Koliševski, Akira Nozawa, Yakov Zeldovich, Nicolas de Staël, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch. After him are Larbi Benbarek, Eugene Nida, Achille Compagnoni, Saul Steinberg, Go Seigen, and Bill Finger. Among people deceased in 1991, Shapour Bakhtiar ranks 64. Before him are Aladár Gerevich, Sergey Akhromeyev, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Boris Pugo, Vilém Flusser, and William Heinesen. After him are Willi Boskovsky, Jean Arthur, Christian de Castries, Joachim Kroll, Brad Davis, and Robert Maxwell.
1914 - 2000
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 72
1914 - 2000
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 73
1914 - 1987
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 74
1914 - 1955
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 75
1914 - 1987
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 76
1914 - 2009
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 77
1914 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 78
1914 - 1992
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 79
1914 - 2011
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 80
1914 - 2009
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 81
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 82
1914 - 2014
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 83
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 84
1910 - 1991
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 58
1923 - 1991
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 59
1914 - 1991
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 60
1937 - 1991
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 61
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 62
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 63
1914 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 64
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 65
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 66
1902 - 1991
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 67
1933 - 1991
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 68
1949 - 1991
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 69
1923 - 1991
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 70
Among people born in Iran, Shapour Bakhtiar ranks 179 out of 528. Before him are Vologases III of Parthia (100), Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Shaykh Tusi (995), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), and Apama (-400). After him are Táhirih (1817), Sinatruces of Parthia (-157), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Phriapatius (-290), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), and Arsaces II of Parthia (-300).
100 - 200
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 173
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 174
995 - 1067
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 175
864 - 941
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 176
936 - 983
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 177
400 BC - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 178
1914 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 179
1817 - 1852
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 180
157 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 181
1907 - 1995
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 182
290 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 183
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 184
300 BC - 191 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 185
Among politicians born in Iran, Shapour Bakhtiar ranks 99. Before him are Shahrokh Shah (1734), Amytis of Media (-630), Vologases III of Parthia (100), Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), and Apama (-400). After him are Sinatruces of Parthia (-157), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Phriapatius (-290), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300), and Sati Beg (1300).
1734 - 1796
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 93
630 BC - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 94
100 - 200
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 95
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 96
936 - 983
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 97
400 BC - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 98
1914 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 99
157 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 100
1907 - 1995
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 101
290 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 102
300 BC - 191 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 103
1300 BC - 1155 BC
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 104
1300 - 1345
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 105