1891 - 1967
Shukri al-Quwatli (Arabic: شكري القوّتلي, romanized: Shukrī al-Quwwatlī; 6 May 1891 – 30 June 1967) was the first president of post-independence Syria, in 1943. He began his career as a dissident working towards the independence and unity of the Ottoman Empire's Arab territories and was consequently imprisoned and tortured for his activism. When the Kingdom of Syria was established, Quwatli became a government official, though he was disillusioned with monarchism and co-founded the republican Independence Party. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shukri al-Quwatli has received more than 273,914 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Shukri al-Quwatli is the 7,215th most popular politician (down from 6,876th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Syria (down from 78th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Syrian Politician.
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Among politicians, Shukri al-Quwatli ranks 7,215 out of 15,577. Before him are Cao Kun, John II, Duke of Brabant, Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus, Orlando Letelier, Osorkon the Elder, and Manuel Fraga. After him are Roger of Salerno, Constantine II of Scotland, Ibn Muqla, Kim Jae-ryong, Gerolama Orsini, and Ferenc Fricsay.
1862 - 1938
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 7,209
1275 - 1312
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 7,210
113 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 7,211
1932 - 1976
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 7,212
1100 BC - 986 BC
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 7,213
1922 - 2012
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 7,214
1891 - 1967
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 7,215
1100 - 1119
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 7,216
801 - 952
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 7,217
886 - 940
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 7,218
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 7,219
1503 - 1569
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 7,220
1914 - 1963
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 7,221
Among people born in 1891, Shukri al-Quwatli ranks 69. Before him are Lilya Brik, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Yvan Goll, Kim Seong-su, Laura Vicuña, and George Adamski. After him are Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Kálmán Kalocsay, Tin Ujević, Olga Khokhlova, Charles Munch, and Henry Morgenthau Jr.. Among people deceased in 1967, Shukri al-Quwatli ranks 86. Before him are Abdel Hakim Amer, David Burliuk, Hans Ledwinka, Eddie Eagan, Robert J. Van de Graaff, and Zbigniew Cybulski. After him are Harold Holt, Jane Darwell, H. H. Kung, Carl Sandburg, Ivan Isakov, and Alphonse Juin.
1891 - 1978
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 63
1891 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 64
1891 - 1950
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 65
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 66
1891 - 1904
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 67
1891 - 1965
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 68
1891 - 1967
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 69
1891 - 1948
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 70
1891 - 1976
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 71
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 72
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 73
1891 - 1968
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 74
1891 - 1967
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 75
1919 - 1967
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 80
1882 - 1967
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 81
1878 - 1967
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 82
1897 - 1967
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 83
1901 - 1967
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 84
1927 - 1967
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 85
1891 - 1967
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 86
1908 - 1967
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 87
1879 - 1967
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 88
1881 - 1967
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 89
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 90
1894 - 1967
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 91
1888 - 1967
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 92
Among people born in Syria, Shukri al-Quwatli ranks 84 out of 181. Before him are Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (1170), Al-Qa'im (893), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), and Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912). After him are Numenius of Apamea (200), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882), Alciphron (200), Soraya Tarzi (1899), Adib Shishakli (1909), and Salah Jadid (1926).
536 - 594
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 78
1170 - 1225
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 79
893 - 946
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 80
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 81
1389 - 1450
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 82
1912 - 1980
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 83
1891 - 1967
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 84
200 - 200
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 85
1882 - 1935
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 86
200 - 200
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 87
1899 - 1968
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 88
1909 - 1964
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 89
1926 - 1993
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 90
Among politicians born in Syria, Shukri al-Quwatli ranks 41. Before him are Sergius I of Constantinople (565), Duqaq (1100), Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (1170), Al-Qa'im (893), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), and Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912). After him are Soraya Tarzi (1899), Adib Shishakli (1909), Salah Jadid (1926), Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Salih Muslim (1951), and Mithridates I Callinicus (-200).
565 - 638
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 35
1100 - 1104
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 36
1170 - 1225
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 37
893 - 946
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 38
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 39
1912 - 1980
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 40
1891 - 1967
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 41
1899 - 1968
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 42
1909 - 1964
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 43
1926 - 1993
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 44
685 - 738
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 46
200 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 47