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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shoghi Effendi

1897 - 1957

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Shoghí Effendi (; 1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, appointed to the role of Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. He created a series of teaching plans that oversaw the expansion of the faith to many new countries, and also translated many of the writings of the Baháʼí central figures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shoghi Effendi has received more than 442,626 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Shoghi Effendi is the 1,113th most popular religious figure (down from 1,108th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Israel (up from 147th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shoghi Effendi ranks 1,113 out of 2,238. Before him are Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Saint Marcella, Fermin, Jakob Ammann, Hugh of Cluny, and John Eudes. After him are Caesarius of Arles, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Marcial Maciel, Günter Guillaume, George Syncellus, and Raymond Nonnatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Shoghi Effendi ranks 82. Before him are Ana Aslan, Johann Rattenhuber, Károly Kerényi, Maria Valtorta, Rouben Mamoulian, and Yuri Kondratyuk. After him are Yeghishe Charents, Otto Dietrich, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Kurt Gerron, and Samuel Noah Kramer. Among people deceased in 1957, Shoghi Effendi ranks 64. Before him are Henry Norris Russell, Rezső Kasztner, Johann Rattenhuber, Arnold van Gennep, Alfonso de Portago, and Pedro Infante. After him are Leo Perutz, Alexander Vertinsky, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Soemu Toyoda, Malcolm Lowry, and Carlos Castillo Armas.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Shoghi Effendi ranks 139 out of 430. Before him are Saint Petronilla (50), Naftali Bennett (1972), Israel Tal (1924), Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066), Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), and Ilan Ramon (1954). After him are Ghassan Kanafani (1936), Jonathan Apphus (-200), Avram Grant (1955), Haya Harareet (1931), Menahem Golan (1929), and Valerius Gratus (-50).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Shoghi Effendi ranks 52. Before him are Canaan (null), Philip the Evangelist (100), Simeon of Jerusalem (100), Mariam Baouardy (1846), Al-Tabarani (873), and Saint Petronilla (50). After him are Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), John of Patmos (50), Michel Sabbah (1933), and Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843).

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