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Ziad Fazah

1954 - Today

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Ziad Youssef Fazah (Arabic: زياد فصاح; born 10 June 1954) is a Liberian-born Lebanese alleged polyglot. Fazah has claimed to speak 59 languages and maintains that he has proved this in several public appearances in which he supposedly communicated with native speakers of a large number of foreign languages. Fazah spoke Arabic at home and learned French and English in school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ziad Fazah has received more than 338,066 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ziad Fazah is the 156th most popular linguist (up from 167th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Liberia (up from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Liberian Linguist.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ziad Fazah ranks 156 out of 214. Before him are Alexander Veselovsky, Mary Boyce, Kazimieras Būga, Martí de Riquer i Morera, John Lyons, and Arsène Darmesteter. After him are Arnold Chikobava, Hermann Hirt, Charles F. Hockett, Takekazu Asaka, Henry Liddell, and Kenneth Lee Pike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ziad Fazah ranks 359. Before him are Einar Már Guðmundsson, Medha Patkar, Piero Gros, Brother Alois, Patrick St. Esprit, and Jeffrey Combs. After him are Hary Gunarto, Harvey Fierstein, Ariane Ascaride, Dietrich Thurau, Lawrence Summers, and Nancy Wilson.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Ziad Fazah ranks 12 out of 20. Before him are Leymah Gbowee (1972), Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), and Moses Blah (1947). After him are Edwin Barclay (1882), Amos Sawyer (1945), Ola John (1992), Cheryl Dunye (1966), Sekou Oliseh (1990), and Collins John (1985).

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Among LINGUISTS In Liberia

Among linguists born in Liberia, Ziad Fazah ranks 1. 

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