Politician

Yasser Arafat

1929 - 2004

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Yasser Arafat

His biography is available in 119 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 116 in 2024). Yasser Arafat is the 173rd most popular politician (down from 40th in 2024), the 13th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 7th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Yasser Arafat was the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the first president of the Palestinian National Authority. He was born in 1929 in Cairo, Egypt, and died in 2004 in Paris, France. He became famous for being a leader in the Palestinian Liberation Organization and for being the first president of the Palestinian National Authority.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Yasser Arafat ranks 173 out of 19,576. Before him are Mark Antony, Vespasian, Skanderbeg, John Major, Amenhotep III, and Margaret Thatcher. After him are Khafra, Theodosius I, Honorius, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, and Domitian.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Mark Antony
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 83.97
Rank: 167
Vespasian
9 - 79
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 168
Skanderbeg
1405 - 1468
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 169
John Major
1943 - Present
HPI: 83.84
Rank: 170
Amenhotep III
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 171
Margaret Thatcher
1925 - 2013
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 172
Yasser Arafat
1929 - 2004
HPI: 83.78
Rank: 173
Khafra
2550 BC - 2479 BC
HPI: 83.77
Rank: 174
Theodosius I
340 - 395
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 175
Honorius
384 - 423
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 176
Ecgberht, King of Wessex
800 - 839
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 177
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
1161 - 1185
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 178
Domitian
51 - 96
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 179

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yasser Arafat ranks 4. Before him are Martin Luther King Jr., Grace Kelly, and Anne Frank. After him are Imelda Marcos, Audrey Hepburn, Lev Yashin, Milan Kundera, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bud Spencer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Jürgen Habermas. Among people deceased in 2004, Yasser Arafat ranks 2. Before him is Ronald Reagan. After him are Marlon Brando, Jacques Derrida, Ahmed Yassin, Juliana of the Netherlands, Ray Charles, Estée Lauder, Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Francis Crick.

Others Born in 1929

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Martin Luther King Jr.
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1929 - 1968
HPI: 92.49
Rank: 1
Grace Kelly
ACTOR
1929 - 1982
HPI: 86.59
Rank: 2
Anne Frank
WRITER
1929 - 1945
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 3
Yasser Arafat
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2004
HPI: 83.78
Rank: 4
Imelda Marcos
COMPANION
1929 - Present
HPI: 83.21
Rank: 5
Audrey Hepburn
ACTOR
1929 - 1993
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 6
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 7
Milan Kundera
WRITER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 8
Ursula K. Le Guin
WRITER
1929 - 2018
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 9
Bud Spencer
ACTOR
1929 - 2016
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 10
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
COMPANION
1929 - 1994
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 11
Jürgen Habermas
PHILOSOPHER
1929 - Present
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 2004

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Ronald Reagan
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 1
Yasser Arafat
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2004
HPI: 83.78
Rank: 2
Marlon Brando
ACTOR
1924 - 2004
HPI: 82.91
Rank: 3
Jacques Derrida
PHILOSOPHER
1930 - 2004
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 4
Ahmed Yassin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - 2004
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 5
Juliana of the Netherlands
POLITICIAN
1909 - 2004
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 6
Ray Charles
MUSICIAN
1930 - 2004
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 7
Estée Lauder
BUSINESSPERSON
1906 - 2004
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 8
Czesław Miłosz
WRITER
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 9
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
COMPANION
1901 - 2004
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 10
Henri Cartier-Bresson
PHOTOGRAPHER
1908 - 2004
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 11
Francis Crick
BIOLOGIST
1916 - 2004
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 12