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Ahmad al-Tayyeb

1946 - Today

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Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb (Arabic: أحمد محمد أحمد الطيب; born 6 January 1946) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar and the current Grand Imam of al-Azhar, al-Azhar al-Sharif and former president of al-Azhar University. He was appointed by the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, following the death of Mohamed Sayed Tantawy in 2010. He is from Kurna, Luxor Governorate in Upper Egypt, and he belongs to a Sunni Muslim family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad al-Tayyeb is the 740th most popular philosopher (up from 766th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 343rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ahmad al-Tayyeb ranks 740 out of 1,267. Before him are Paolo Sarpi, Ludwig Klages, F. C. S. Schiller, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Menedemus, and Hermias. After him are Aleksey Khomyakov, Philip of Opus, Leo the Mathematician, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Alexius Meinong, and Joseph Dietzgen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ahmad al-Tayyeb ranks 221. Before him are Cheng Pei-pei, Willy van der Kuijlen, Toquinho, Robert Mapplethorpe, Joseph Deiss, and Craig Venter. After him are Maria Bethânia, Miguel Reina, Sven Nordqvist, Ruth Fuchs, Tom Savini, and Michael Radford.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ahmad al-Tayyeb ranks 329 out of 642. Before him are Pope Timothy I of Alexandria (350), Menkare (-2200), Nefermaat (-2500), Macarius of Alexandria (297), Pope Timothy II of Alexandria (null), and Hermias (401). After him are Ahmed Aboul Gheit (1942), Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938), Shawar (1100), Soad Hosny (1943), Amr Moussa (1936), and Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (1902).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Ahmad al-Tayyeb ranks 16. Before him are Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), Valentinus (100), Ammonius Hermiae (440), Syrianus (400), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), and Hermias (401). After him are Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Julius Pollux (200), Isidore of Alexandria (450), Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), and Leila Ahmed (1940).

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