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Muqtada al-Sadr

1974 - Today

Muqtada al-Sadr

Muqtada al-Sadr (born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi cleric, politician and former militia leader. A leading Shia Muslim, he inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father, and founded the now dissolved Mahdi Army militia in 2003 that resisted the American occupation of Iraq. He also founded the Promised Day Brigade insurgent group after the dissolution of the Mahdi Army; both were backed by Iran. In 2014, he founded the Peace Companies militia and serves as its current head. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muqtada al-Sadr is the 10,847th most popular politician (down from 9,784th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 241st in 2019) and the 158th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among politicians, Muqtada al-Sadr ranks 10,847 out of 19,576. Before him are Gottschalk, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy, Hussein Kamel al-Majid, and Huzziya I. After him are Jafar Khan, Carlo Ruzzini, Hermann Esser, Agnes Bernauer, Ino Anastasia, and Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov.

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Gottschalk
1000 - 1066
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,847
Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth
1760 - 1829
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,848
Archduchess Margaret of Austria
1567 - 1633
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,849
Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy
1386 - 1428
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,850
Hussein Kamel al-Majid
1954 - 1996
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,851
Huzziya I
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,852
Muqtada al-Sadr
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,853
Jafar Khan
1800 - 1789
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,854
Carlo Ruzzini
1653 - 1735
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,855
Hermann Esser
1900 - 1981
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,856
Agnes Bernauer
1410 - 1435
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,857
Ino Anastasia
600 - 593
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,858
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
1869 - 1922
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10,859

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Muqtada al-Sadr ranks 51. Before him are Karine Jean-Pierre, Ingrida Šimonytė, Matt Lucas, Itziar Ituño, Ben Wallace, and Chad Coleman. After him are Andry Rajoelina, Sarah Paulson, Alanis Morissette, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Victoria Silvstedt, and Márcio Amoroso.

Others Born in 1974

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Karine Jean-Pierre
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1974 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 45
Ingrida Šimonytė
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 46
Matt Lucas
PRESENTER
1974 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 47
Itziar Ituño
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 48
Ben Wallace
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 49
Chad Coleman
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 50
Muqtada al-Sadr
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 51
Andry Rajoelina
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 52
Sarah Paulson
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 53
Alanis Morissette
SINGER
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 54
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 55
Victoria Silvstedt
MODEL
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 56
Márcio Amoroso
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 57