RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ahmed Yassin

1937 - 2004

Photo of Ahmed Yassin

Icon of person Ahmed Yassin

Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين; June 1936 – 22 March 2004) was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, an Islamist political and military organization. He also served as the first chairman of the Hamas Shura Council and de facto leader of Hamas since its inception from December 1987 until his assassination in March 2004. Yassin was born in Ashkelon, in Mandatory Palestine in 1929 or 1936. His family fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestine War to Gaza City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmed Yassin is the 311th most popular religious figure (down from 113th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Israel (down from 29th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Ahmed Yassin is most famous for being the founder and leader of Hamas, an Islamic terrorist organization.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ahmed Yassin by language

Loading...

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ahmed Yassin ranks 311 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Benedict VIII, Pope Sylvester III, Saint Roch, Abd al-Muttalib, Pope Eugene II, and Amos. After him are Pope Liberius, Francis de Sales, Longinus, Pope Benedict I, Hippolytus of Rome, and Pope Silverius.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ahmed Yassin ranks 11. Before him are Valentina Tereshkova, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ridley Scott, and Boris Spassky. After him are Martti Ahtisaari, Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Queen Sonja of Norway, and Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Among people deceased in 2004, Ahmed Yassin ranks 5. Before him are Ronald Reagan, Yasser Arafat, Marlon Brando, and Jacques Derrida. After him are Juliana of the Netherlands, Ray Charles, Estée Lauder, Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Francis Crick.

Others Born in 1937

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2004

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ahmed Yassin ranks 41 out of 466. Before him are Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Bathsheba (-3500), Moshe Dayan (1915), Rehoboam (-972), and John the Evangelist (10). After him are Joseph of Arimathea (100), Procopius (500), Jeroboam (-1000), Joel (-1), Nehemiah (-490), and William of Tyre (1130).

Others born in Israel

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Ahmed Yassin ranks 24. Before him are Saul (-1079), Jude the Apostle (15), Ezekiel (-621), Simon the Zealot (1), Salome (14), and Joachim (-100). After him are Joseph of Arimathea (100), Joel (-1), Nehemiah (-490), Simeon (null), Judas Maccabeus (-200), and Barabbas (1).

Israeli born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous