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Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda

1879 - 1959

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda

Allameh Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā (Persian: علی‌اکبر دهخدا; 1879 – March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian literary writer, philologist, and lexicographer. He was the author of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language published to date. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda is the 130th most popular linguist (down from 117th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Iran (down from 336th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda ranks 130 out of 214. Before him are Arie de Jong, Felix Jacoby, Hrachia Acharian, Hans Ørberg, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn. After him are James Legge, Aleksander Brückner, Vasily Abaev, Hermann Osthoff, Alexander Potebnja, and Julius Pokorny.

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Arie de Jong
1865 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 124
Felix Jacoby
1876 - 1959
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 125
Hrachia Acharian
1876 - 1953
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 126
Hans Ørberg
1920 - 2010
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 127
Igor M. Diakonoff
1914 - 1999
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 128
Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn
1812 - 1881
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 129
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
1879 - 1959
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 130
James Legge
1815 - 1897
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 131
Aleksander Brückner
1856 - 1939
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 132
Vasily Abaev
1900 - 2001
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 133
Hermann Osthoff
1847 - 1909
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 134
Alexander Potebnja
1835 - 1891
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 135
Julius Pokorny
1887 - 1970
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 136

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda ranks 157. Before him are Urban Gad, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Jin Shuren, E. H. Shepard, Zsigmond Móricz, and Alfred Swahn. After him are Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Milan Šufflay, Ernst Herzfeld, Eugène Lanti, Rafael Erich, and Émile Champion. Among people deceased in 1959, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda ranks 132. Before him are Nicholas Charnetsky, Alfonso Reyes, Carl Enckell, Ion Gigurtu, Alfonso López Pumarejo, and Lou Costello. After him are William J. Donovan, Giuseppe Bottai, Roald Larsen, Alexander Rueb, Esfir Shub, and Jean Grémillon.

Others Born in 1879

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Urban Gad
FILM DIRECTOR
1879 - 1947
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 151
Grzegorz Fitelberg
CONDUCTOR
1879 - 1953
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 152
Jin Shuren
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1941
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 153
E. H. Shepard
PAINTER
1879 - 1976
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 154
Zsigmond Móricz
WRITER
1879 - 1942
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 155
Alfred Swahn
ATHLETE
1879 - 1931
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 156
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
LINGUIST
1879 - 1959
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 157
Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1879 - 1968
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 158
Milan Šufflay
HISTORIAN
1879 - 1931
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 159
Ernst Herzfeld
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1879 - 1948
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 160
Eugène Lanti
BUSINESSPERSON
1879 - 1947
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 161
Rafael Erich
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1946
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 162
Émile Champion
ATHLETE
1879 - 1921
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 163