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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

1919 - 1980

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly known as simply the Shah, was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the 1979 revolution, which abolished the Iranian monarchy to establish the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1967, he took the title Shahanshah (lit. 'King of Kings'), and also held several others, including Aryamehr (lit. 'Light of the Aryans') and Bozorg Arteshtaran (lit. 'Grand Army Commander'). He was the second and last ruling monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is the 260th most popular politician (down from 175th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Iran (down from 7th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Politician.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is most famous for being the last shah of Iran. He was overthrown in 1979 during the Iranian Revolution and replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 260 out of 19,576. Before him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I of Mexico, Alexander II of Russia, Heraclius, José Mujica, and Septimius Severus. After him are Anastasius I Dicorus, Saparmurat Niyazov, Golda Meir, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, and Mehmed IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 1. After him are Eva Perón, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Siad Barre, Edmund Hillary, J. D. Salinger, Primo Levi, I. K. Gujral, Doris Lessing, Kim Jong-suk, Joseph Murray, and G. E. M. Anscombe. Among people deceased in 1980, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 7. Before him are Jean-Paul Sartre, Josip Broz Tito, Karl Dönitz, John Lennon, Jean Piaget, and Alfred Hitchcock. After him are Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, Oskar Kokoschka, and Jesse Owens.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 10 out of 631. Before him are Al-Ghazali (1058), Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Abu Nuwas (762), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), and Harun al-Rashid (766). After him are Darius III (-380), Ali Khamenei (1939), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), Hafez (1325), and Ismail I (1487).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ranks 4. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Cyrus the Great (-600), and Harun al-Rashid (766). After him are Darius III (-380), Ali Khamenei (1939), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Tahmasp I (1514), Khosrow I (501), and Nader Shah (1688).

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