1979 - Today
Sheikh Yasser al-Habib (Arabic: ياسر الحبيب born 20 January 1979) is a Kuwaiti Twelver Shia scholar, and the head of the London-based Khoddam Al-Mahdi Organization, as well as Al-Muhassin mosque in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, and the writer of The Lady of Heaven. al-Habib's work focuses on Islamic history, drawing on Shia and Sunni sources. al-Habib started his religious activities in Kuwait, starting off as a member of the Dawah Party, later he founded a non-profit religious organization named Khoddam Al-Mahdi Organization, and he also expressed his religious views regarding Abu Bakr and Umar, and criticized them sharply. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasser Al-Habib has received more than 278,893 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasser Al-Habib is the 2,698th most popular religious figure (down from 2,220th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Kuwait (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 2,698 out of 2,238. Before him are Joseph W. Tobin, Peter Hollingworth, James Aloysius Hickey, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Scott Hahn, and Salvatore Nunnari. After him are Jose Advincula, Norman Thomas Gilroy, Ignatius Aphrem II, Patrick Joseph Hayes, Gianni Ambrosio, and T. B. Joshua.
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 2,692
1935 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 2,693
1920 - 2004
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 2,694
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 2,695
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 2,696
1939 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 2,697
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 2,698
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 2,699
1896 - 1977
HPI: 38.64
Rank: 2,700
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 2,701
1867 - 1938
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 2,702
1943 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 2,703
1963 - 2021
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 2,704
Among people born in 1979, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 287. Before him are Bakary Gassama, Stiliyan Petrov, Sergio Pellissier, Daniel Jensen, Thomas Voeckler, and Mageina Tovah. After him are Matteo Ferrari, Andrei Arlovski, Janny Sikazwe, Clotilde Hesme, Chae Rim, and Flávio Amado.
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 281
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 282
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 283
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 284
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 285
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 286
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 287
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 288
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 289
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 290
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 291
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 292
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 293
Among people born in Kuwait, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 20 out of 27. Before him are Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1864), Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (1953), Mishary Rashid Alafasy (1976), Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957), Jihadi John (1988), and Fehaid Al-Deehani (1966). After him are Bashar Abdullah (1977), Fathi Kameel (1955), Abdullah Al-Rashidi (1963), Jamal Al-Qabendi (1959), Bader Al-Mutawa (1985), and Sanjeeda Sheikh (1984).
1864 - 1921
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 14
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 15
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 16
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 17
1988 - 2015
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 18
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 19
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 20
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 21
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 22
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 23
1959 - 2021
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 24
1985 - Present
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 25
1984 - Present
HPI: 18.14
Rank: 26
Among religious figures born in Kuwait, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 1.