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Mehran Karimi Nasseri

1942 - 2022

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Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Persian: مهران کریمی ناصری, pronounced [mehˈrɒn kæriˈmi nɒseˈri]; 1945 – 12 November 2022), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran, was an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized. His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004. Nasseri's story inspired the 1993 film Lost in Transit and the 2004 film The Terminal. He returned to living at the airport in September 2022, and died there of a heart attack in November 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehran Karimi Nasseri is the 33rd most popular celebrity (down from 26th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 121st in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Celebrity.

Mehran Karimi Nasseri is most famous for being the "world's loneliest man" and for living in a airport for 18 years.

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Among celebrities, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 33 out of 265. Before him are Marie Duplessis, Rodney King, Besarion Jughashvili, Jacques Mayol, Kim Kardashian, and Sarah Knauss. After him are Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Rosemary Kennedy, Thérésa Tallien, Peggy Guggenheim, Myrtle Corbin, and Black Dahlia.

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Among people born in 1942, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 103. Before him are Jacques Dubochet, Oliviero Toscani, Milan Milutinović, Tony Buzan, Margarethe von Trotta, and Daniel Dennett. After him are Jules Wijdenbosch, António Lobo Antunes, John Cale, Barry Levinson, Fraser Stoddart, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara. Among people deceased in 2022, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 69. Before him are Stanislav Shushkevich, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Claes Oldenburg, Ayaz Mutallibov, and Arata Isozaki. After him are Ichirou Mizuki, Tony Brooks, Frank Drake, Edward C. Prescott, Ivan Reitman, and Jean-Jacques Sempé.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 143 out of 631. Before him are Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), Jafar Panahi (1960), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Sasan (200), and Anastasius of Persia (550). After him are Teispes (-675), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Istakhri (850), Phraates V (-100), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), and Pacorus I (-63).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Iran

Among celebrities born in Iran, Mehran Karimi Nasseri ranks 1. After him are Shermine Shahrivar (1982).

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