1980 - Today
Wael Ghonim (Arabic: وائل غنيم [ˈwæːʔel ɣoˈneːm]; born 23 December 1980) is an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship. In 2011, he became an international figure and galvanized pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt after his emotional interview following 11 days of secret incarceration by Egyptian police. During these 11 days, he was interrogated regarding his work as one of two administrators of the Facebook page, "We are all Khaled Said", which helped spark the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wael Ghonim has received more than 328,368 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Wael Ghonim is the 16,692nd most popular politician (down from 14,820th in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 470th in 2019) and the 207th most popular Egyptian Politician.
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Among politicians, Wael Ghonim ranks 16,692 out of 15,577. Before him are Marin Raykov, Charles Pinckney, Amama Mbabazi, Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Jake Sullivan, and Valeriu Streleț. After him are Cynthia Lummis, Alistair Darling, Gilad Erdan, Yemi Osinbajo, Christine Lieberknecht, and Patrick John.
1960 - Present
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 16,686
1757 - 1824
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 16,687
1949 - Present
HPI: 35.65
Rank: 16,688
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.64
Rank: 16,689
1976 - Present
HPI: 35.64
Rank: 16,690
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 16,691
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 16,692
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 16,693
1953 - 2023
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 16,694
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.61
Rank: 16,695
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.61
Rank: 16,696
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,697
1938 - 2021
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,698
Among people born in 1980, Wael Ghonim ranks 387. Before him are Erik Mongrain, Josh Kelley, Vitali Kutuzov, Nicholas D'Agosto, David Lowery, and Henrik Zetterberg. After him are Cristiana Capotondi, Shawn Fanning, Claudio Maldonado, Kian Egan, Kaylani Lei, and Stefano Mauri.
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.78
Rank: 381
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.70
Rank: 382
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.70
Rank: 383
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.68
Rank: 384
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.65
Rank: 385
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 386
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 387
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 388
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.54
Rank: 389
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 390
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 391
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 392
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 393
Among people born in Egypt, Wael Ghonim ranks 534 out of 582. Before him are Amr Zaki (1983), Ahmed Elmohamady (1987), Ahmed Hegazi (1991), Bassem Youssef (1974), Ayman Nour (1964), and Essam Abdel-Fatah (1965). After him are Mohamed Barakat (1976), Mohamed Aly (1975), Hossam Ghaly (1981), Sherif Ekramy (1983), Leila Aboulela (1964), and Mohamed Nagy (1984).
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 528
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 529
1991 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 530
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 531
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 532
1965 - Present
HPI: 35.70
Rank: 533
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 534
1976 - Present
HPI: 35.29
Rank: 535
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.28
Rank: 536
1981 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 537
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 538
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 539
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 540
Among politicians born in Egypt, Wael Ghonim ranks 207. Before him are Atef Sedky (1930), Farid Simaika (1907), Gamal Mubarak (1963), Aly Lotfy Mahmoud (1935), Amr Khaled (1967), and Ayman Nour (1964).
1930 - 2005
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 201
1907 - 1943
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 202
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 203
1935 - 2018
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 204
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 205
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 206
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 207