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Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy

1928 - 2010

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Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (Arabic: محمد سيد طنطاوي‎; 28 October 1928 – 10 March 2010), also referred to as Tantawi, was an influential Islamic scholar in Egypt. From 1986 to 1996, he was the Grand Mufti of Egypt. In 1996, president Hosni Mubarak appointed him as the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, a position he retained until his death in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy is the 1,720th most popular writer (down from 1,458th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy ranks 1,720 out of 7,302Before him are Jurji Zaydan, Väinö Linna, Eleanor Hibbert, Giorgio Bassani, Frederic W. H. Myers, and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza. After him are Camilla Läckberg, Antoine de Montchrestien, Jacopone da Todi, Marlen Haushofer, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and Theodor Nöldeke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy ranks 135Before him are Al Lettieri, Desmond Morris, Sol LeWitt, Edward Albee, Anne Sexton, and Sid Watkins. After him are Peter Naur, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Pancho Gonzales, Frank Borman, Héctor Rial, and Lennart Carleson. Among people deceased in 2010, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy ranks 77Before him are Mario Monicelli, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Israel Tal, Peter Graves, Maurice Wilkes, and Ariel Ramírez. After him are Malcolm McLaren, Antony Flew, Satoshi Kon, Pierre Hadot, Iskandar of Johor, and Luis Molowny.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy ranks 283 out of 642Before him are Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Al-Musta'in (1390), Alexander II Zabinas (-190), Bakenranef (-700), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), and Samir Amin (1931). After him are Huda Sha'arawi (1879), Syrianus (400), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929), John Tristan, Count of Valois (1250), and Hassan Fathy (1900).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy ranks 18Before him are Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), Taha Hussein (1889), Achilles Tatius (200), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Ahmed Shawqi (1868), and Didymus Chalcenterus (-63). After him are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801), Herodas (-300), Eutychius of Alexandria (877), Anastasius Sinaita (630), Ibn al-Farid (1181), and Ibn Taghribirdi (1410).