PHILOSOPHER
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
1969 - Today
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born 13 November 1969) is a Dutch and American writer, activist, conservative thinker and former politician. She is a critic of Islam, and an advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, opposing forced marriage, honour killing, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. At the age of five, following local traditions in Somalia, Ali underwent female genital mutilation organized by her grandmother. Her father Hirsi Ali Magan—a scholar, intellectual, and a devout Muslim—was against the procedure but could not stop it from happening because he was imprisoned by the Communist government of Somalia at the time. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the 1,066th most popular philosopher (down from 1,052nd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Somalia (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Somali Philosopher.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Ayaan Hirsi Ali ranks 1,066 out of 1,267. Before her are Boris Parygin, Samuel ibn Tibbon, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Amina Wadud, István Mészáros, and Edmund Gettier. After her are Fazlur Rahman Malik, Robert Spaemann, Jacob Taubes, William Thompson, Ioane Petritsi, and Mary Daly.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
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Boris Parygin
1930 - 2012
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,060
Samuel ibn Tibbon
1150 - 1230
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,061
Friedrich Eduard Beneke
1798 - 1854
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,062
Amina Wadud
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,063
István Mészáros
1930 - 2017
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,064
Edmund Gettier
1927 - 2021
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,065
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,066
Fazlur Rahman Malik
1919 - 1988
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,067
Robert Spaemann
1927 - 2018
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 1,068
Jacob Taubes
1923 - 1987
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,069
William Thompson
1775 - 1833
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,070
Ioane Petritsi
1050 - 1200
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,071
Mary Daly
1928 - 2010
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,072
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1969, Ayaan Hirsi Ali ranks 164. Before her are Manu Bennett, Vladimir Jugović, Tate Taylor, Germán Burgos, Louis Aliot, and Road Dogg. After her are Andrej Panadić, Hernán Gaviria, Kyoko Kuroda, Jason Becker, Shawn Crahan, and Aziza Mustafa Zadeh.
Others Born in 1969
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Manu Bennett
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 158
Vladimir Jugović
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 159
Tate Taylor
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 160
Germán Burgos
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 161
Louis Aliot
POLITICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 162
Road Dogg
WRESTLER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 163
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
PHILOSOPHER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 164
Andrej Panadić
COACH
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 165
Hernán Gaviria
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - 2002
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 166
Kyoko Kuroda
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 167
Jason Becker
MUSICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 168
Shawn Crahan
MUSICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 169
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
MUSICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 170
In Somalia
Among people born in Somalia, Ayaan Hirsi Ali ranks 21 out of 58. Before her are Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), Omar Sharmarke (1960), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), and Nuruddin Farah (1945). After her are Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Hawa Abdi (1947), Abdiweli Gaas (1967), and Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948).
Others born in Somalia
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Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2012
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 15
Nur Hassan Hussein
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2020
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 16
Ali Mohammed Ghedi
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 17
Omar Sharmarke
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 18
Ali Mahdi Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2021
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 19
Nuruddin Farah
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 20
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
PHILOSOPHER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 21
Hassan Ali Khayre
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 22
Abdi Farah Shirdon
ECONOMIST
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 23
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2002
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 24
Hawa Abdi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 25
Abdiweli Gaas
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 26
Abdulqawi Yusuf
LAWYER
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 27
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Somalia
Among philosophers born in Somalia, Ayaan Hirsi Ali ranks 1.
