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Faisal of Saudi Arabia

1906 - 1975

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Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964. He was prime minister from 1954 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1975. Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Faisal of Saudi Arabia is the 579th most popular politician (up from 925th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 49th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Faisal of Saudi Arabia is most famous for being the king of Saudi Arabia from 1964-1975.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Faisal of Saudi Arabia ranks 579 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Shinzō Abe, Mary of Burgundy, Friedrich Merz, Władysław II Jagiełło, and Suharto. After him are Mohamed Morsi, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Atahualpa, Scipio Africanus, Patrice Lumumba, and Yongle Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Faisal of Saudi Arabia ranks 12. Before him are Dmitri Shostakovich, Grace Hopper, Kurt Gödel, Samuel Beckett, Aristotle Onassis, and Ernst Chain. After him are Luchino Visconti, Emmanuel Levinas, Josephine Baker, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Estée Lauder. Among people deceased in 1975, Faisal of Saudi Arabia ranks 10. Before him are Hannah Arendt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ivo Andrić, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Umm Kulthum, and Aristotle Onassis. After him are Robert Robinson, Otto Skorzeny, Josephine Baker, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Edward Tatum, and Mikhail Bakhtin.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Faisal of Saudi Arabia ranks 22 out of 354. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Ibn Saud (1875), Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Aminah (557), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924). After him are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703), Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Malik ibn Anas (711), Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (570), and Abd al-Muttalib (497).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Faisal of Saudi Arabia ranks 7. Before him are Umar (585), Uthman (574), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Muawiyah I (603), Ibn Saud (1875), and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924). After him are Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (570), Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), Abū Lahab (549), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), and Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921).

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