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Sultan bin Salman Al Saud

1956 - Today

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Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان آل سعود; Sulṭān bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd; born 27 June 1956) is a Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist. He is the first member of a royal family to fly in space, the first Arab to fly in space, and the first Muslim to fly in space, as well as (at 28 years old) the youngest person ever to fly on a space shuttle. On 27 December 2018, he was appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission with the rank of minister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sultan bin Salman Al Saud has received more than 1,007,779 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sultan bin Salman Al Saud is the 5,990th most popular politician (up from 7,691st in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 141st in 2019) and the 51st most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 5,990 out of 19,576. Before him are Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Barham Salih, Ayad Allawi, Thorleif Haug, Antipope Constantine II, and Christian the Younger of Brunswick. After him are Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, Maximus of Hispania, Vasily Chapayev, Alexandru Averescu, Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, and András Hadik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 65. Before him are Michele Alboreto, Joan Allen, Thomas N'Kono, Jan Peter Balkenende, Adnan Oktar, and Almazbek Atambayev. After him are Dave Murray, Iveta Radičová, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Milan Babić, Bob Saget, and Boris Akunin.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 155 out of 354. Before him are Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Abu Darda (580), Aqil ibn Abi Talib (590), Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (580), and 'Abd al-Ilah (1913). After him are Saleh Al-Fawzan (1933), Abbad ibn Bishr (606), Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali (603), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (567), and Majed Abdullah (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ranks 51. Before him are Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (580), and 'Abd al-Ilah (1913). After him are Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (567), Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr (650), Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940), Umayya ibn Abd Shams (null), and Suhayl ibn Amr (556).

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