WRITER
Muhammad Iqbal
1877 - 1938

Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. His poetry in Urdu is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British-ruled India is widely regarded as having animated the impulse for the Pakistan Movement. He is commonly referred to by the honorific Allama (Persian: علامه, transl. "learned") and widely considered one of the most important and influential Muslim thinkers and Islamic religious philosophers of the 20th century. Born and raised in Sialkot, Punjab, Iqbal completed his BA and MA at the Government College in Lahore. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Iqbal is the 123rd most popular writer (up from 494th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Pakistan and the most popular Pakistani Writer.
Muhammad Iqbal is most famous for being a poet and philosopher. He is also known for being the first person to translate the Quran into English, and for being a founding member of the All-India Muslim League.
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Muhammad Iqbal ranks 123 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodor Herzl, Hafez, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ismail I, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Federico García Lorca. After him are Ivo Andrić, Naguib Mahfouz, Jane Austen, Ammianus Marcellinus, Apuleius, and Sully Prudhomme.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsTheodor Herzl
1860 - 1904
HPI: 81.04
Rank: 117
Hafez
1325 - 1389
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 118
Rainer Maria Rilke
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 119
Ismail I
1487 - 1524
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 120
Mario Vargas Llosa
1936 - 2025
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 121
Federico García Lorca
1898 - 1936
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 122
Muhammad Iqbal
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 123
Ivo Andrić
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 124
Naguib Mahfouz
1911 - 2006
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 125
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 126
Ammianus Marcellinus
330 - 395
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 127
Apuleius
125 - 170
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 128
Sully Prudhomme
1839 - 1907
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 129
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1877, Muhammad Iqbal ranks 2. Before him is Hermann Hesse. After him are Isadora Duncan, Charles Glover Barkla, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Frederick Soddy, Francis William Aston, Wilhelm Frick, Joan Gamper, Heinrich Otto Wieland, James Jeans, and Frank Marshall. Among people deceased in 1938, Muhammad Iqbal ranks 2. Before him is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. After him are Edmund Husserl, Maud of Wales, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Karel Čapek, Konstantin Stanislavski, Marie of Romania, Georges Méliès, Mary Mallon, Faustina Kowalska, and Nikolai Bukharin.
Others Born in 1877
Go to all RankingsHermann Hesse
WRITER
1877 - 1962
HPI: 85.13
Rank: 1
Muhammad Iqbal
WRITER
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 2
Isadora Duncan
DANCER
1877 - 1927
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 3
Charles Glover Barkla
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1944
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 4
Felix Dzerzhinsky
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1926
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 5
Frederick Soddy
CHEMIST
1877 - 1956
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 6
Francis William Aston
CHEMIST
1877 - 1945
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 7
Wilhelm Frick
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1946
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 8
Joan Gamper
BUSINESSPERSON
1877 - 1930
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 9
Heinrich Otto Wieland
CHEMIST
1877 - 1957
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 10
James Jeans
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1946
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 11
Frank Marshall
CHESS PLAYER
1877 - 1944
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1938
Go to all RankingsMustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.26
Rank: 1
Muhammad Iqbal
WRITER
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 2
Edmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 3
Maud of Wales
COMPANION
1869 - 1938
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 4
Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 79.45
Rank: 5
Karel Čapek
WRITER
1890 - 1938
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 6
Konstantin Stanislavski
FILM DIRECTOR
1863 - 1938
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 7
Marie of Romania
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1938
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 8
Georges Méliès
FILM DIRECTOR
1861 - 1938
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 9
Mary Mallon
CELEBRITY
1869 - 1938
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 10
Faustina Kowalska
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1938
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 11
Nikolai Bukharin
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1938
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 12
In Pakistan
Among people born in Pakistan, Muhammad Iqbal ranks 6 out of 217. Before him are Akbar (1542), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Guru Nanak (1469), Manmohan Singh (1932), and Pāṇini (-500). After him are Porus (-400), Nawaz Sharif (1949), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Chanakya (-375), I. K. Gujral (1919), and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948).
Others born in Pakistan
Go to all RankingsAkbar
POLITICIAN
1542 - 1605
HPI: 92.19
Rank: 1
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1948
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 2
Guru Nanak
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1469 - 1539
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 3
Manmohan Singh
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2024
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 4
Pāṇini
LINGUIST
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 5
Muhammad Iqbal
WRITER
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 6
Porus
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 7
Nawaz Sharif
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 8
Shehbaz Sharif
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 9
Chanakya
PHILOSOPHER
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 10
I. K. Gujral
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2012
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 11
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
SINGER
1948 - 1997
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 12
Among WRITERS In Pakistan
Among writers born in Pakistan, Muhammad Iqbal ranks 1. After him are Vasubandhu (400), Khushal Khattak (1613), Amrita Pritam (1919), Krishna Sobti (1925), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Rahman Baba (1632), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Bulleh Shah (1680).
Muhammad Iqbal
1877 - 1938
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 1
Vasubandhu
400 - 400
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 2
Khushal Khattak
1613 - 1689
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 3
Amrita Pritam
1919 - 2005
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 4
Krishna Sobti
1925 - 2019
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 5
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
1690 - 1751
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 6
Rahman Baba
1632 - 1706
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 7
Tariq Ali
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 8
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
1911 - 1984
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 9
Sultan Bahu
1630 - 1691
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 10
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 11
Bulleh Shah
1680 - 1757
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 12