1898 - 1987
Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim (Egyptian Arabic: توفيق الحكيم, ALA-LC: Tawfīq el-Ḥakīm; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tawfiq al-Hakim has received more than 212,196 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tawfiq al-Hakim is the 1,931st most popular writer (up from 2,149th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 305th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Egyptian Writer.
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Among writers, Tawfiq al-Hakim ranks 1,931 out of 5,755. Before him are Anne Sexton, Mariano José de Larra, Rhonda Byrne, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Mohammed Dib, and Niccolò de' Niccoli. After him are Kate Millett, Adnan Oktar, Fred Uhlman, Francis Jammes, Bharavi, and Ernst Robert Curtius.
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 1,925
1809 - 1837
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 1,926
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1,927
1952 - 1997
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1,928
1920 - 2003
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 1,929
1365 - 1437
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,930
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,931
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 1,932
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 1,933
1901 - 1985
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 1,934
1868 - 1938
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 1,935
501 - 600
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 1,936
1886 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,937
Among people born in 1898, Tawfiq al-Hakim ranks 90. Before him are Alberto Suppici, Grace Moore, Berenice Abbott, Piero Sraffa, Kaj Munk, and Desanka Maksimović. After him are Leon Štukelj, Gulzarilal Nanda, Jean Fautrier, Fyodor Kuznetsov, István Dobi, and Michel de Ghelderode. Among people deceased in 1987, Tawfiq al-Hakim ranks 67. Before him are Mervyn LeRoy, Gordon Gollob, Herbert Blumer, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Charan Singh, and Will Sampson. After him are Masatoshi Nakayama, Joop den Uyl, Alfred Bester, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Zeca Afonso, and Danny Kaye.
1898 - 1981
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 84
1898 - 1947
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 85
1898 - 1991
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 86
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 87
1898 - 1944
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 88
1898 - 1993
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 89
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 90
1898 - 1999
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 91
1898 - 1998
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 92
1898 - 1964
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 93
1898 - 1961
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 94
1898 - 1968
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 95
1898 - 1962
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 96
1900 - 1987
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 61
1912 - 1987
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 62
1900 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 63
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 64
1902 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 65
1933 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 66
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 67
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 68
1919 - 1987
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 69
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 70
1903 - 1987
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 71
1929 - 1987
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 72
1911 - 1987
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 73
Among people born in Egypt, Tawfiq al-Hakim ranks 298 out of 582. Before him are Ibn al-Farid (1181), Ali az-Zahir (1005), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Edmond Jabès (1912), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), and Sufi Abu Taleb (1925). After him are Ahmed Shafik (1941), Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929), Pope Anianus of Alexandria (100), Merneferre Ay (-1650), Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), and Boutros Ghali (1846).
1181 - 1234
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 292
1005 - 1036
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 293
495 - 570
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 294
1912 - 1991
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 295
832 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 296
1925 - 2008
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 297
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 298
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 299
1929 - 2019
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 300
100 - 82
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 301
1650 BC - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 302
850 - 930
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 303
1846 - 1910
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 304
Among writers born in Egypt, Tawfiq al-Hakim ranks 22. Before him are Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Herodas (-300), Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Ibn al-Farid (1181), and Edmond Jabès (1912). After him are Anastasius Sinaita (630), Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801), Zosimos of Panopolis (250), André Aciman (1951), Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), and Albert Cossery (1913).
1868 - 1932
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 16
300 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 17
1928 - 2010
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 18
63 BC - 10
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 19
1181 - 1234
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 20
1912 - 1991
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 21
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 22
630 - 701
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 23
1801 - 1873
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 24
250 - 251
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 25
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 26
301 - 401
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 27
1913 - 2008
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 28